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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. When did the Los Angeles Riots break out?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1994.

2. How many known members were there belonging to the 900 street gangs in Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 45,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 300,000.

3. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, the only segment of the California budget that was growing was what?
(a) The prison budget.
(b) The State parks.
(c) The governor’s expense account.
(d) The Senate payroll.

4. Sister Janet is described as writing what in order to help the boys in Juvenile in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Sheet music.
(c) Screen plays.
(d) Poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of the new kid in the author’s writing class in Part 3, Chapter 16?

2. Humes describes what case of Sherry Gold’s involving a juvenile who was thought to be guilty until Gold’s investigation proved he was innocent in Part 3, Chapter 15?

3. Elias was sent to CYA but disobeyed orders so that he would be sent to jail and would be able to kill whom, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 10, Sister Janet prodded Geri Vance’s attorney to get him a reduced sentence. The attorney succeeded with a bargain that earned him what maximum sentence?

5. What attorney at a meeting about reforming the juvenile justice system argued that the office should address root problems in Part 2, Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the work of Peggy Beckstrand, Sharon Stegall, and Sherry Gold in Part 4, Chapter 18?

3. What program helped to rehabilitate Andre, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?

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

5. What outcome does the author describe for Elias Elizondo, Geri Vance, and John Sloan in Part 4, Chapter 18?

6. How does the author describe the “reformer buzz” that took place in 1994 in Part 2, Chapter 9?

7. What incident is described by the author involving a child molestation case in the opening of Part 3, Chapter 14?

8. 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?

9. Humes relates two cases involving Dorn’s juvenile justice resolutions in Part 2, Chapter 12. How does he describe the “good outcome” case?

10. 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?

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