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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of the new kid in the author’s writing class in Part 3, Chapter 16?
(a) Little Criminal.
(b) Small Head.
(c) Fat Albert.
(d) Big Risky.

2. Under what alias was Carla James living when she was found by police patrols in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Geri Vance.
(b) Sylvia Mercado.
(c) Michelle Williams.
(d) Sarah Rogers.

3. What was John Sloan’s father’s profession?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Banker.
(c) Mason.
(d) Doctor.

4. How many of the seven children in the juvenile justice system that the author worked with were saved by the system, according to Humes in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many juvenile courthouses served Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, the only segment of the California budget that was growing was what?

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

4. In Elias’s poem from “Intake,” he described turning a Walkman’s motor into what?

5. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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