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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. Who is described as wielding “as a kind of pretrial judge, jury, and jailer rolled into one” in “Intake”?
(a) The Warden.
(b) The head psychologist.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Intake Officer.

2. By what percentage did juvenile murder rates rise from the 1970s to 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 55%.
(b) 175%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 125%.

3. The courtroom described in Part 1, Chapter 1, is what branch of the Lost Angeles Superior Court?
(a) Rosa Parks Branch.
(b) George Washington Branch.
(c) Thurgood Marshall Branch.
(d) Frederick Douglass Branch.

4. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 46.
(b) 39.
(c) 57.
(d) 32.

5. 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?
(a) Judge Dorn.
(b) Judge Stegall.
(c) Judge Polinsky.
(d) Judge Sloan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The victims of the murder that Ronald Duncan was tried for owned what franchise?

2. Carla James was “jumped in” with what street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. Judge Roosevelt Dorn opened his courtroom punctually at what time each day, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 4?

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

5. How old was Carla James when her father died?

(see the answer key)

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