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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 3?
(a) “Nine Days to Manhood.”
(b) “The Ins.”
(c) “The Big Fix.”
(d) “Punks.”

2. When the author talked to Carla James in Part 1, Chapter 7, she claimed that drive-by’s weren’t murder for what reason?
(a) You only shoot at buildings.
(b) You don't see what happens.
(c) The victims shouldn't be there.
(d) No one in the car is screaming.

3. 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) In the windowsill.
(b) Behind the toilet.
(c) Under his rug.
(d) Under his mattress.

4. What was the name of Carla James’s parole officer in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Geri Vance.
(b) Elias Elizondo.
(c) Edward Humes.
(d) Sharon Stegall.

5. How much money had John Sloan paid for the .380 revolver he had, according to the evidence presented in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) $65.
(b) $100.
(c) $225.
(d) $150.

6. Who was the new intake case charged with murder associated with a botched robbery in “Intake”?
(a) Roy Sukoda.
(b) Geri Vance.
(c) George Trevino.
(d) Peggy Beckstrand.

7. What term is used in the book for criminal offenses that apply to juveniles but not to adults?
(a) Minor offenses.
(b) Child offenses.
(c) Petty offenses.
(d) Status offenses.

8. What judge is described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 2 as having seen “potential” in Carla James, and thus gave her a lesser sentence for theft and assault?
(a) Judge Polinsky.
(b) Judge Sloan.
(c) Judge Stegall.
(d) Judge Dorn.

9. Where did John Sloan’s grandparents immigrate to America from?
(a) Japan.
(b) Korea.
(c) India.
(d) China.

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

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

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

13. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5, Luis Santos was sent to prison for how many years for his crime?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

15. Charles Scarlett is described as one of LA’s top attorneys focusing on what issues in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Immigration rights.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Gay rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. To whom did Peggy Beckstrand decide to grant immunity in the Ronald Duncan case?

4. 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?

5. Where did the author describe Peggy Beckstrand keeping the crime scene photos from the Ronald Duncan trial in Part 1, Chapter 8?

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