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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. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 46.
(b) 57.
(c) 32.
(d) 39.
2. Ronald Duncan was charged with double murder for killing whom, according to the narrator in “Intake”?
(a) His employers.
(b) His father and brother.
(c) His mother and sister.
(d) His brother and sister.
3. What term is used in the book for criminal offenses that apply to juveniles but not to adults?
(a) Minor offenses.
(b) Petty offenses.
(c) Child offenses.
(d) Status offenses.
4. The courtroom described in Part 1, Chapter 1, is what branch of the Lost Angeles Superior Court?
(a) George Washington Branch.
(b) Thurgood Marshall Branch.
(c) Rosa Parks Branch.
(d) Frederick Douglass Branch.
5. Judge Dorn gave a public presentation where he suggested bringing back what in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Chain gangs.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Labor camps.
(d) Status offenses.
Short Answer Questions
1. What image caused Peggy Beckstrand to break down in tears in Part 1, Chapter 8?
2. How many active cases does the author describe within the Los Angeles County juvenile court system in Part 1, Chapter 1?
3. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?
4. The murder case described by the narrator in “Intake” involved a botched robbery at what location?
5. What does California Penal Code Section 245 address?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to Gerald Francis Gault’s arrest in 1964? What was Gault charged with?
2. What emotions does the author describe as being central within the juvenile justice system in Part 1, Chapter 1?
3. How did Judge Dorn’s conflict with the Public Defender’s office begin to escalate in Part 1, Chapter 7?
4. What was Roosevelt Dorn’s history prior to his appointment in Inglewood? How did this history influence him as a judge?
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 Elias Elizondo described? What is revealed in Elias’s poem from “Intake”?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. How does the author describe George Trevino in Part 1, Chapter 6? How did George become a “300 kid”?
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