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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?
(a) Alcazar Street.
(b) Atlas Street.
(c) Alcatraz Street.
(d) Alpine Street.

3. Geri Vance states in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter4, that his parents’ main income was from selling what?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocain.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Heroin.

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

5. What does HRO stand for in the narrative?
(a) Humane Response Officer.
(b) High Risk Offender.
(c) Hostile Risk Operation.
(d) Honored Response Officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does “ACLU” stand for?

2. Carla James was “jumped in” with what street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. Who was the new intake case charged with murder associated with a botched robbery in “Intake”?

5. What was the name of the boy that testified that Ronald Duncan confessed to the crime in Part 1, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Judge Dorn’s “media celebrity” that occurred in Part 1, Chapter 7?

2. How was Peggy Beckstrand’s cross-examination of Roland Duncan described in Part 1, Chapter 8?

3. How does the author describe Judge Dorn’s impressions on those within the California Juvenile Justice system in Part 1, Chapter 4?

4. For what crime was Carla James charged in Part 1, Chapter 2? How is Carla characterized by the author?

5. How is Richard “Shorty” Perez described in “Intake”? What was Perez charged with?

6. According to the author in “Intake,” a LA social project was monitoring Richard Perez and others like him within the California Juvenile Justice system. What did these researchers conclude from the study?

7. How is Roland Duncan’s behavior characterized when he returned from court in Part 1, Chapter 3?

8. What led to Geri Vance’s entrance into “the system” in his youth? How did his prior record affect his chances in court in Part 1, Chapter 4?

9. How is Judge Roosevelt Dorn described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What was Beckstrand’s impression of Dorn?

10. What led to Gerald Francis Gault’s arrest in 1964? What was Gault charged with?

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