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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. What famously televised court case were the students in the writing class watching in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The Jerry Sandusky child molestation case.
(b) The Willie Nelson marijuana possession case.
(c) The O.J. Simpson murder case.
(d) The Casey Anthony murder case.

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) No one in the car is screaming.
(b) You don't see what happens.
(c) You only shoot at buildings.
(d) The victims shouldn't be there.

3. Where was Luis Santos taken when he was taken from Juvenile Hall in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) The hospital.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) The Los Angeles Halfway House.
(d) Los Angeles County Jail.

4. What is the name of the elderly nun that attended to the kids housed in Central Juvenile Hall?
(a) Sister Sarah.
(b) Sister Emily.
(c) Sister Janet.
(d) Sister Christina.

5. What was the name of the boy that testified that Ronald Duncan confessed to the crime in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paul.
(d) Marvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Luis Santos’s story in Part 1, Chapter 5, who collected Luis to go on a robbery?

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

3. How old was Ronald Duncan in Part 1, Chapter 3?

4. Who was Peggy Beckstrand’s main witness against Ronald Duncan in Part 1, Chapter 8?

5. What does the narrator in “Intake” describe as “both status symbols and necessary tools of the trade in this information age”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was revealed by the star witness for the prosecution in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?

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

3. How were Joseph Gutierrez’s actions perceived by the court in Part 1, Chapter 5?

4. 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?

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

6. What were Peggy Beckstrand’s feelings about the Roland Duncan case, as described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 3?

7. 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?

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

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

10. What was Roosevelt Dorn’s history prior to his appointment in Inglewood? How did this history influence him as a judge?

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