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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 is the name of the mentally handicapped girl that Andre helped in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Paula.

2. The author asserts in Part 3, Chapter 16 that over how many kids are arrested every year in the United States?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 1.2 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 700,000.

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?
(a) The uncle that molested him.
(b) The man who murdered his grandmother.
(c) The man who shot his friend.
(d) The father who beat him.

4. Gil Garcetti served as Los Angeles County’s District Attorney during what years?
(a) 1992-2000.
(b) 1988-1996.
(c) 1990-1998.
(d) 1985-1993.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Sharon Stegall doing career-wise in Part 4, Chapter 18, according to the author?

3. 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?

4. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, who won passage of his proposal for a law that created a statewide task force to reinvent the Juvenile Court in California?

5. Who challenged the testimony of the prosecution’s key witness in Part 3, Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the CYA and HOP, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 11? Where was Carla James sent?

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

6. How does the author describe Shy Boy’s circumstances in Part 3, Chapter 15?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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