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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 branch of the LA Juvenile Court is described as different and less scary in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) The Rosa Parks Branch.
(b) The Thurgood Marshall Branch.
(c) The Los Padrinos Branch.
(d) The El Gigante Branch.

2. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) Judge Roosevelt Dorn.
(b) Judge Sherill Luke.
(c) The district attorney's office.
(d) The public defender's office.

3. 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) Ventura.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Rancho Jose.
(d) Long beath.

4. Sharon Stegall found herself before what Court Commissioner awaiting Carla’s docket in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Commissioner Munson.
(b) Commissioner James.
(c) Commissioner Skawinski.
(d) Commissioner Polinsky.

5. What is the name of the mentally handicapped and mildly autistic boy who was sexually molested in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) Paul.
(b) Martin.
(c) Joshua.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sister Janet is described as writing what in order to help the boys in Juvenile in Part 2, Chapter 10?

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

3. For how many days was Carla James sent to CYA for a psychological evaluation in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. Andre is described as a gang kid who was reformed by helping a mentally handicapped kid at what school in Part 2, Chapter 9?

5. The defendant named Hugh was found to have what in Part 3, Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much time has passed at the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 18? How does the author describe Judge Dorn’s courtroom at this time?

2. How did Peggy Beckstrand feel about Jason’s witness testimony in Part 3, Chapter 13?

3. How did the battle between Judge Dorn and the DA’s office progress in Part 3, Chapter 14?

4. How was Judge Dorn’s new status offense system received, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12?

5. 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?

6. How was Geri Vance’s court case described in Part 3, Chapter 16? What was the outcome?

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

8. Who was Peter Wilson? What did Peter Wilson address during a press conference described by the author in Part 2, Chapter 10?

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

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