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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) “The Big Fix.”
(b) “Nine Days to Manhood.”
(c) “The Ins.”
(d) “Punks.”

2. How many juvenile courthouses served Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 20.

3. What element of an adult courtroom is missing in the juvenile court system?
(a) A judge.
(b) A jury.
(c) Bailiffs.
(d) Lawyers.

4. Ronald Duncan was charged with double murder for killing whom, according to the narrator in “Intake”?
(a) His father and brother.
(b) His brother and sister.
(c) His employers.
(d) His mother and sister.

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

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

7. What image caused Peggy Beckstrand to break down in tears in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) A homeless man dying on the steps of the courthouse.
(b) A prostitute being beaten by an overzealous cop.
(c) A young mother seeing her son killed on the street.
(d) An old lady stealing coffee from a store.

8. By what percentage did juvenile murder rates rise from the 1970s to 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 125%.
(b) 175%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 55%.

9. Where was Luis Santos taken when he was taken from Juvenile Hall in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Los Angeles County Jail.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) The Los Angeles Halfway House.
(d) The hospital.

10. The murder case described by the narrator in “Intake” involved a botched robbery at what location?
(a) A freeway motel.
(b) A check-cashing terminal.
(c) A liquor store.
(d) A gas station.

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

12. Carla James was sentenced to spend how much time at Camp Resnick for theft and assault charges, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 9 months.

13. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1, violent offenses by juveniles had risen how much in the past 5 years?
(a) 68%.
(b) 42%.
(c) 21%.
(d) 35%.

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

15. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2, Carla James began lying to her parents at what age?
(a) 7.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Geri Vance hide his ongoing autobiography so that it won’t be confiscated at night, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. What was Luis Santos’s “street name,” according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. According to the evidence presented in Part 1, Chapter 5, John Sloan met what friend outside the department store where he worked on the day of the crime?

4. Judge Roosevelt Dorn opened his courtroom punctually at what time each day, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

5. 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?

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