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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many known members were there belonging to the 900 street gangs in Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 90,000.

2. Who graduated from probation camp with honors after 8 months and was attending Los Angeles City College in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) John Sloan.
(b) William Smith.
(c) Herman King.
(d) Stephan Jones.

3. 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?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Emily.
(c) Keesha.
(d) Latoya.

4. Who was the head of the Public Defender’s office described in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) Mitch Birnbaum.
(b) Shiela Weathers.
(c) Sarah Smith.
(d) Mark Lessem.

5. How many of the seven children in the juvenile justice system that the author worked with were saved by the system, according to Humes in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

6. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, the only segment of the California budget that was growing was what?
(a) The prison budget.
(b) The governor’s expense account.
(c) The State parks.
(d) The Senate payroll.

7. 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 Ross School.
(b) The Rosewood School.
(c) The Manzanita School.
(d) The Juniper School.

8. 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) Gil Garcetti.
(b) Ronald Duncan.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Buddy Rogers.

9. Carla James was sent to what facility, where she would spend most of her time in group therapy, in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) The Dorothy Kirby Center.
(b) The Jennifer King Center.
(c) The Roberta Matthews Center.
(d) The Emily Jacobs Center.

10. Sister Janet is described as writing what in order to help the boys in Juvenile in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Sheet music.
(b) Screen plays.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Poetry.

11. Where was Ronald Duncan sentenced to in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) RTC.
(b) BEML.
(c) CYA.
(d) CTA.

12. Where did Geri Vance hope to be sent so that he could get a college degree while in lock-up in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Rancho Jose.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Ventura.
(d) Long beath.

13. 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) Projecting.
(d) Papering.

14. Who was George Trevino’s lawyer that the author approached in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) Mark Donaldson.
(b) Stephan Jones.
(c) John Edwards.
(d) William O'Donnell.

15. The author asserts in Part 3, Chapter 16 that over how many kids are arrested every year in the United States?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 1.2 million.
(d) 2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 16?

2. By what nickname did Rodrigo Becessar go by in Part 3, Chapter 15?

3. What is the name of the mentally handicapped and mildly autistic boy who was sexually molested in Part 3, Chapter 14?

4. Who is described in Part 3, Chapter 15 as coming from a good home but stabbed a gas station worker while he was high on primo?

5. One out of how many juvenile offenses end up in adult court, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16?

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