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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of an adult courtroom is missing in the juvenile court system?
(a) Bailiffs.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) A jury.
(d) A judge.

2. Judge Dorn worked his way through law school working as what, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) A cook.
(b) A piano teacher.
(c) A courtroom bailiff.
(d) A banker.

3. What is the title of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) “The Big Fix.”
(b) “The Ins.”
(c) “Nine Days to Manhood.”
(d) “Punks.”

4. In Elias’s poem from “Intake,” he described turning a Walkman’s motor into what?
(a) A gun.
(b) A tattoo machine.
(c) A drill.
(d) A taser.

5. How old was Ronald Duncan when he allegedly committed double homicide?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What judge is described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 2 as having seen “potential” in Carla James, and thus gave her a lesser sentence for theft and assault?

2. What was the name of Carla James’s parole officer in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. What does California Penal Code Section 245 address?

5. According to the narrator in “Intake,” the Central lockup facility was “ancient by Los Angeles standards,” meaning that it had been standing since before what?

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