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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 former juvenile prisoner continued gang-banging even after being blinded by bullets in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Latoya.
(c) Rita.
(d) Sheena.

2. How many kids were estimated in the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1994, according to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 950.
(d) 640,000.

3. Roy Sukoda was attempting to figure out a profile for what in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The “16 percenter.”
(b) The “24 percenter.”
(c) The “35 percenter.”
(d) The “9 percenter.”

4. When was Gil Garcetti born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1952.

5. Where did Geri Vance hope to be sent so that he could get a college degree while in lock-up in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Long beath.
(c) Rancho Jose.
(d) Ventura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fifteen-year-old pregnant girl with the teardrop tattoo charged with in Part 4, Chapter 18?

2. In overreaction to hearing one of her parolees was shot, who did Sharon Stegall have locked up in Part 2, Chapter 11?

3. Humes complains in Part 3, Chapter 15 that the juvenile justice system combines procedural excess with what?

4. With what gang was Sherry Gold’s client involved when he was caught as a getaway driver in a drive-by shooting in Part 3, Chapter 15?

5. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Elias reveal to Sister Janet in Part 2, Chapter 10? How did this come about?

2. How does the author describe the “funnel” of the juvenile justice system in Part 3, Chapter 16? What statistics does he provide?

3. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, fear of the future led the people to pass laws to limit or eliminate juvenile court jurisdiction all over the country. What was Humes’s opinion of this action?

4. What conclusions does the author reach of the juvenile justice system in Part 4, Chapter 18? What statistics were shown in Humes’s writing students?

5. Who was arrested for the brutal murders in Inglewood in Part 3, Chapter 13? How was this suspect apprehended?

6. What did Elias do in order to be sent to “adult prison” in Part 2, Chapter 11? Why?

7. How is Mark Lancaster’s background described in Part 3, Chapter 15? What was Mark charged with?

8. What changed the victims’ family’s perception of the District Attorney’s case against Roland Duncan in Part 3, Chapter 13?

9. What did Roy Sukoda’s study show, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?

10. How does the author describe Sherry Gold when introducing her in Part 3, Chapter 15?

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