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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 lawyer represented John Sloan in Part 3, Chapter 16?
(a) Mary McCarthy.
(b) Rosa Diaz.
(c) Michelle Sangh.
(d) Angela Oh.
2. What is the name of the boy who is caught in connection with a series of some of the most brutal murders in LA County in Part 3, Chapter 13?
(a) Jose.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Rodrigo.
(d) Marcus.
3. How old was the boy that Sister Janet discovered to be a genius living under different aliases in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.
4. Humes complains in Part 3, Chapter 15 that the juvenile justice system combines procedural excess with what?
(a) Excessive punishment.
(b) A lack of consequences.
(c) Lifelong friendships.
(d) Unearned rewards.
5. How many of the seven children in the juvenile justice system that the author worked with were saved by the system, according to Humes in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the mentally handicapped and mildly autistic boy who was sexually molested in Part 3, Chapter 14?
2. Author Humes explains two cases involving Judge Dorn’s reform in the juvenile justice system in Part 2, Chapter 12. The bad case example came with whom?
3. The defendant named Hugh was found to have what in Part 3, Chapter 15?
4. Who is described in Part 3, Chapter 15 as coming from a good home but stabbed a gas station worker while he was high on primo?
5. Carla James was sent to what facility, where she would spend most of her time in group therapy, in Part 2, Chapter 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was arrested for the brutal murders in Inglewood in Part 3, Chapter 13? How was this suspect apprehended?
2. How did Peggy Beckstrand feel about Jason’s witness testimony in Part 3, Chapter 13?
3. What outcome does the author describe for Elias Elizondo, Geri Vance, and John Sloan in Part 4, Chapter 18?
4. How did Judge Dorn view himself as an authority figure? How did others perceive him in the system, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12?
5. How does the author describe the “reformer buzz” that took place in 1994 in Part 2, Chapter 9?
6. What program helped to rehabilitate Andre, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?
7. What changed the victims’ family’s perception of the District Attorney’s case against Roland Duncan in Part 3, Chapter 13?
8. What did Roy Sukoda’s study show, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?
9. How does the author describe the “funnel” of the juvenile justice system in Part 3, Chapter 16? What statistics does he provide?
10. What incident is described by the author involving a child molestation case in the opening of Part 3, Chapter 14?
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