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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ronald Duncan was charged with committing double murder with what weapon?
(a) A shotgun.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A handgun.
(d) A hammer.

2. Judge Roosevelt Dorn opened his courtroom punctually at what time each day, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) 8:30 a.m.
(b) 10:30 a.m.
(c) 7:00 a.m.
(d) 6:00 a.m.

3. By what name was the accused called who was involved in the gang shooting of Sharon Stegall’s parolee in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Doughnut.
(b) Shy Boy.
(c) Slim Boy.
(d) Little Criminal.

4. What is the name of the elderly nun that attended to the kids housed in Central Juvenile Hall?
(a) Sister Sarah.
(b) Sister Christina.
(c) Sister Janet.
(d) Sister Emily.

5. Geri Vance states in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter4, that his parents’ main income was from selling what?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocain.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attorney at a meeting about reforming the juvenile justice system argued that the office should address root problems in Part 2, Chapter 9?

2. In overreaction to hearing one of her parolees was shot, who did Sharon Stegall have locked up in Part 2, Chapter 11?

3. According to Luis Santos’s story in Part 1, Chapter 5, who collected Luis to go on a robbery?

4. According to the narrator in “Intake,” the Central lockup facility was “ancient by Los Angeles standards,” meaning that it had been standing since before what?

5. According to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12, Judge Dorn was seen by most as being what?

(see the answer key)

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