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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. In Elias’s poem from “Intake,” he described turning a Walkman’s motor into what?
(a) A tattoo machine.
(b) A gun.
(c) A drill.
(d) A taser.

2. 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?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Spanish American War.
(c) WWII.
(d) WWI.

3. What famously televised court case were the students in the writing class watching in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The O.J. Simpson murder case.
(b) The Casey Anthony murder case.
(c) The Willie Nelson marijuana possession case.
(d) The Jerry Sandusky child molestation case.

4. What did Ronald Duncan’s lawyer claim about his taped confession in the trial?
(a) It was a lie.
(b) It was the truth.
(c) It was coerced.
(d) It was voluntary.

5. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?
(a) Alcazar Street.
(b) Atlas Street.
(c) Alcatraz Street.
(d) Alpine Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3, due to the protections of the Juvenile court, Ronald Duncan would be released by what age?

2. Sharon Stegall found herself before what Court Commissioner awaiting Carla’s docket in Part 2, Chapter 11?

3. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 9?

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

5. According to the author in Part 2, Chapter 10, who was the Democratic candidate for California Governor?

(see the answer key)

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