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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 narrator in “Intake,” the new arrivals were taken where at Central lockup when they arrived?
(a) The New Wing.
(b) The North Wing.
(c) The West Wing.
(d) The Old Wing.

2. Judge Dorn worked his way through law school working as what, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) A piano teacher.
(b) A courtroom bailiff.
(c) A banker.
(d) A cook.

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

4. How many active cases does the author describe within the Los Angeles County juvenile court system in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 125,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 50,000.

5. What title did Peggy Beckstrand hold in 1994, according to the narrative in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Deputy District Attorney.
(b) Editor for the LA Times.
(c) Defense Attorney.
(d) LA County Sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1, violent offenses by juveniles had risen how much in the past 5 years?

2. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?

3. The billboard overlooking the street to the Central lockup facility is described by the narrator in “Intake” as showcasing a man wearing what?

4. The Prologue of the book gives a setting of Gila County, Arizona, on what date?

5. What was John Sloan’s father’s profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Carla James’s family history described in Part 1, Chapter 2? When did Carla’s dad die?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How does the author describe “status offenses” in Part 1, Chapter 2? What is Humes’s opinion of status offenses?

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

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