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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. Judge Dorn gave a public presentation where he suggested bringing back what in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Status offenses.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Chain gangs.
(d) Labor camps.

2. Ronald Duncan is described as just having come in on what bus in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The 9:30 a.m. bus.
(b) The 4:30 p.m. bus.
(c) The 8 p.m. bus.
(d) The 11 a.m. bus.

3. What does the narrator in “Intake” describe as “both status symbols and necessary tools of the trade in this information age”?
(a) Laptops.
(b) Beepers.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) GPS units.

4. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5, Luis Santos was sent to prison for how many years for his crime?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did John Sloan’s grandparents immigrate to America from?

3. The victims of the murder that Ronald Duncan was tried for owned what franchise?

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

5. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what reasons did John Sloan join a street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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