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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16, when kids are arrested for violent crimes they what percentage chance of paying serious consequences?
(a) 10%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 25%.

2. What is the title of Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) “Punks.”
(b) “A Year Later, Another Day in Court.”
(c) “The Outs.”
(d) “Nine Days to Manhood.”

3. Who challenged the testimony of the prosecution’s key witness in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Bobby Williams.
(b) James Cooper.
(c) Peter James.
(d) Michael Kennedy.

4. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, who won passage of his proposal for a law that created a statewide task force to reinvent the Juvenile Court in California?
(a) Buddy Rogers.
(b) Ronald Duncan.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Gil Garcetti.

5. Of the juvenile cases that make it to adult court, what percentage are dismissed as too minor, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16?
(a) 15%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 60%.

6. Roy Sukoda was attempting to figure out a profile for what in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The “35 percenter.”
(b) The “16 percenter.”
(c) The “24 percenter.”
(d) The “9 percenter.”

7. What attorney at a meeting about reforming the juvenile justice system argued that the office should address root problems in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) Arthur Kincaid.
(b) Bill Mathews.
(c) William Jackson.
(d) Jim Hickey.

8. What is the name of the boy who is caught in connection with a series of some of the most brutal murders in LA County in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Jose.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Hugh.

9. What was Sharon Stegall doing career-wise in Part 4, Chapter 18, according to the author?
(a) Trying to start her own business.
(b) Trying to get a promotion to judge.
(c) Trying to go back to law school.
(d) Trying to get promoted to bailiff.

10. What term refers to the imposition of military rule over designated areas on an emergency basis?
(a) Refugee waiver.
(b) Martial law.
(c) Dictatorship amendment.
(d) Code of war.

11. For how many days was Carla James sent to CYA for a psychological evaluation in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 180.
(d) 30.

12. What witness took the stand in the Ronal Duncan case in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jason.
(c) Mike.
(d) James.

13. Andre is described as a gang kid who was reformed by helping a mentally handicapped kid at what school in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The Juniper School.
(b) The Rosewood School.
(c) The Manzanita School.
(d) The Ross School.

14. 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) Precipitating.
(b) Pulping.
(c) Papering.
(d) Projecting.

15. Judge Scarlett expressed a radical view that the court should do what in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Charge all juveniles as adults.
(b) Enact the death penalty for juveniles.
(c) Remove children from dysfunctional homes.
(d) Removes all juvenile status offenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Author Humes explains two cases involving Judge Dorn’s reform in the juvenile justice system in Part 2, Chapter 12. The good case involved a young schizophrenic named what?

2. Humes complains in Part 3, Chapter 15 that the juvenile justice system combines procedural excess with what?

3. Carla James was sent to what facility, where she would spend most of her time in group therapy, in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. What former juvenile prisoner continued gang-banging even after being blinded by bullets in Part 2, Chapter 11?

5. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, the Justice Department estimated a rise in youth crime by how much in 2010?

(see the answer keys)

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