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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 355,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 45,000.

2. 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?
(a) Richard.
(b) Jason.
(c) Paul.
(d) Johnathan.

3. What is the name of the boy who testified against his father for molestation in Peggy Beckstrand’s memories of a prior case in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) James.
(b) Paul.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

4. Who was Peggy Beckstrand’s main witness against Ronald Duncan in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Jason.
(b) Phil.
(c) Albert.
(d) Marvin.

5. Judge Dorn worked his way through law school working as what, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) A courtroom bailiff.
(b) A banker.
(c) A piano teacher.
(d) A cook.

6. What lockup facility is called the “closest thing to an orphanage in Los Angeles” in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Jacoby Hall.
(b) MacLaren Hall.
(c) Rogers Hall.
(d) Williams Hall.

7. 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?
(a) Under his rug.
(b) In the windowsill.
(c) Behind the toilet.
(d) Under his mattress.

8. On what date did the Northridge earthquake (or LA Quake) occur?
(a) March 25, 1989.
(b) October 8, 1980.
(c) July 1, 1975.
(d) January 17, 1994.

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

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

11. What does California Penal Code Section 245 address?
(a) Armed burglary.
(b) Murder.
(c) Arson.
(d) Assault with a deadly weapon.

12. The Prologue of the book gives a setting of Gila County, Arizona, on what date?
(a) June 9, 1945.
(b) December 16, 1980.
(c) April 2, 1985.
(d) June 8, 1964.

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

14. What were the names of the people that Ronald Duncan was accused of murdering?
(a) Chuck and Adelina Rusitanonta.
(b) Jane and Paul Wilson.
(c) George and Sarah Ross.
(d) Elizabeth and Robert Williams.

15. Who is described as wielding “as a kind of pretrial judge, jury, and jailer rolled into one” in “Intake”?
(a) The Intake Officer.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) The Warden.
(d) The head psychologist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1, violent offenses by juveniles had risen how much in the past 5 years?

4. 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?

5. Charles Scarlett is described as one of LA’s top attorneys focusing on what issues in Part 1, Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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