1. Carla James was “jumped in” with what street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Venice 13.
(b) Hoover Crips.
(c) Inglewood Crips.
(d) Tepa 13.

2. How many kids does the narrator claim are warehoused at Central Juvenile Hall in “Intake”?
(a) 650.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 850.
(d) 1.200.

3. What term is used in the book to describe the practice of flooding a judge with paperwork to manipulate him into changing his behavior?
(a) Papering.
(b) Projecting.
(c) Precipitating.
(d) Pulping.

4. The boy who was apprehended in association with a series of some of the most brutal murders in LA County claimed that his family was where when the crimes were
(a) Anaheim.
(b) Rancho Cordova.
(c) Ventura.
(d) San Diego.

5. What branch of the LA Juvenile Court is described as different and less scary in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The Rosa Parks Branch.
(b) The Thurgood Marshall Branch.
(c) The Los Padrinos Branch.
(d) The El Gigante Branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Roy Sukoda is described as having formerly been what in Part 2, Chapter 9?

3. What is the name of the mentally handicapped girl that Andre helped in Part 2, Chapter 9?

4. What element of an adult courtroom is missing in the juvenile court system?

5. What was the name of Carla James’s parole officer in Part 1, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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