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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the terminus of what street does the narrator describe a guard shack overlooking Central lockup’s drive-in entrance in “Intake”?

2. Who is described as wielding “as a kind of pretrial judge, jury, and jailer rolled into one” in “Intake”?

3. How many kids does the narrator claim are warehoused at Central Juvenile Hall in “Intake”?

4. Where does Geri Vance hide his ongoing autobiography so that it won’t be confiscated at night, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

5. To whom did Peggy Beckstrand decide to grant immunity in the Ronald Duncan case?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe “status offenses” in Part 1, Chapter 2? What is Humes’s opinion of status offenses?

2. How does the author describe George Trevino in Part 1, Chapter 6? How did George become a “300 kid”?

3. When did the majority of intakes take place at the Central Lockup of Juvenile Hall, according to the author in “Intake”? Who in this system is described as having the greatest power?

4. How is Luis Santos described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 6? What was Luis charged with?

5. How is Carla James’s family history described in Part 1, Chapter 2? When did Carla’s dad die?

6. What were Peggy Beckstrand’s feelings about the Roland Duncan case, as described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 3?

7. How did Judge Dorn’s conflict with the Public Defender’s office begin to escalate in Part 1, Chapter 7?

8. How were Joseph Gutierrez’s actions perceived by the court in Part 1, Chapter 5?

9. What emotions does the author describe as being central within the juvenile justice system in Part 1, Chapter 1?

10. What did Elias Elizondo tell Edward Humes about juvenile reform in “Intake”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are any children truly irredeemable? Why or why not? Do you think the juvenile justice system as described by Humes overestimates the number of irredeemable children or underestimates it? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the childhood of Geri Vance and its contribution to Geri’s entrance into the juvenile justice system. Do you think that the criminal justice system should seek to remove children from homes like Geri’s? What are the positive and negative aspects of enacting programs to do such a thing?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss role of the intake officers at Central Juvenile Hall. Why does the author describe these figures as powerful? How do their reports help to shape the life of a prisoner within the juvenile justice system?

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