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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. What former juvenile prisoner continued gang-banging even after being blinded by bullets in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Rita.
(c) Latoya.
(d) Sheena.

2. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 45,000.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 355,000.

3. How did Peggy Beckstrand feel about her job in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) She wanted a promotion.
(b) She hated it.
(c) She prepared to be fired.
(d) She loved it.

4. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) “The Big Fix.”
(b) “The Outs.”
(c) “Punks.”
(d) “Nine Days to Manhood.”

5. According to the narrator in “Intake,” the new arrivals were taken where at Central lockup when they arrived?
(a) The Old Wing.
(b) The West Wing.
(c) The North Wing.
(d) The New Wing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Gil Garcetti born?

2. George Trevino is described by the author as a foster kid or what, in Part 1, Chapter 6?

3. Who was the attorney representing Ronald Duncan in Part 1, Chapter 8?

4. What did Ronald Duncan’s lawyer claim about his taped confession in the trial?

5. Judge Dorn worked his way through law school working as what, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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