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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 15 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is used in the book for criminal offenses that apply to juveniles but not to adults?
(a) Child offenses.
(b) Status offenses.
(c) Petty offenses.
(d) Minor offenses.

2. What was the name of the boy that testified that Ronald Duncan confessed to the crime in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Peter.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Paul.
(d) Marvin.

3. In overreaction to hearing one of her parolees was shot, who did Sharon Stegall have locked up in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Peter.
(b) Randy.
(c) Rodger.
(d) James.

4. How many kids does the narrator claim are warehoused at Central Juvenile Hall in “Intake”?
(a) 1.200.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 650.
(d) 850.

5. Who was the head of the Public Defender’s office described in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) Mitch Birnbaum.
(b) Sarah Smith.
(c) Mark Lessem.
(d) Shiela Weathers.

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. Of the juvenile cases that make it to adult court, what percentage are dismissed as too minor, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16?

3. What did Ronald Duncan’s lawyer claim about his taped confession in the trial?

4. Who won the bureaucratic paper battle in Part 3, Chapter 14?

5. How old was Ronald Duncan when he allegedly committed double homicide?

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