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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) In the windowsill.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) Under his rug.
(d) Behind the toilet.

2. What is the title of Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) “The Big Fix.”
(b) “Nine Days to Manhood.”
(c) “The Ins.”
(d) “Punks.”

3. Where did John Sloan’s grandparents immigrate to America from?
(a) India.
(b) Korea.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

4. The author relates that Luis Santos had been a gang member since what age in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

5. Roy Sukoda is described as having formerly been what in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) A defense attorney.
(c) A probation officer.
(d) A Juvenile Court Judge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The murder case described by the narrator in “Intake” involved a botched robbery at what location?

3. What does the narrator in “Intake” describe as “both status symbols and necessary tools of the trade in this information age”?

4. By what percentage did juvenile murder rates rise from the 1970s to 1994, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. When was Gil Garcetti born?

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