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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. 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) Jason.
(b) Richard.
(c) Paul.
(d) Johnathan.

2. How many intake cases are described as having been processed in a little over four hours in “Intake”?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 27.

3. Where is the Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division located?
(a) Inglewood, California.
(b) Big Bear, California.
(c) Bakersfield, California.
(d) Encinitas, California.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Peggy Beckstrand go to pick up her star witness in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?

3. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the elderly nun that attended to the kids housed in Central Juvenile Hall?

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 was the judge’s decision regarding George Trevino’s “fitness”? Why did the judge reach this decision?

2. How does the author describe the DA’s case as revealed in the Duncan trial in Part 1, Chapter 8?

3. What did Elias Elizondo tell Edward Humes about juvenile reform in “Intake”?

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

5. How is Elias Elizondo described? What is revealed in Elias’s poem from “Intake”?

6. What led to George Trevino’s decision to join a street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 6? How did this lead to his arrest?

7. When did the majority of intakes take place at the Central Lockup of Juvenile Hall, according to the author in “Intake”? Who in this system is described as having the greatest power?

8. What emotions does the author describe as being central within the juvenile justice system in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

10. 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?

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