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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. George Trevino is described by the author as a foster kid or what, in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) A “300 kid.”
(b) A “100 kid.”
(c) A “200 kid.”
(d) A “500 kid.”

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

4. The estimated street gang force in Los Angeles was estimated at how many in 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 355,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 45,000.

5. Ronald Duncan is described as just having come in on what bus in the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The 4:30 p.m. bus.
(b) The 8 p.m. bus.
(c) The 11 a.m. bus.
(d) The 9:30 a.m. bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prologue of the book gives a setting of Gila County, Arizona, on what date?

2. Where is Camp Resnick located?

3. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5, Luis Santos was sent to prison for how many years for his crime?

4. What lockup facility is called the “closest thing to an orphanage in Los Angeles” in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3, due to the protections of the Juvenile court, Ronald Duncan would be released by what age?

(see the answer key)

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