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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author talked to Carla James in Part 1, Chapter 7, she claimed that drive-by’s weren’t murder for what reason?
(a) You don't see what happens.
(b) You only shoot at buildings.
(c) No one in the car is screaming.
(d) The victims shouldn't be there.

2. On what date did the Northridge earthquake (or LA Quake) occur?
(a) March 25, 1989.
(b) July 1, 1975.
(c) January 17, 1994.
(d) October 8, 1980.

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

4. How much money had John Sloan paid for the .380 revolver he had, according to the evidence presented in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) $225.
(b) $100.
(c) $150.
(d) $65.

5. What famously televised court case were the students in the writing class watching in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The Casey Anthony murder case.
(b) The Jerry Sandusky child molestation case.
(c) The O.J. Simpson murder case.
(d) The Willie Nelson marijuana possession case.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old was the newly appointed Judge Roosevelt Dorn in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. Ronald Duncan was charged with committing double murder with what weapon?

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

5. How old was the schoolgirl that was caught with gang tattoos and distributing fliers for a party in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Joseph Gutierrez’s actions perceived by the court in Part 1, Chapter 5?

2. According to the author in “Intake,” a LA social project was monitoring Richard Perez and others like him within the California Juvenile Justice system. What did these researchers conclude from the study?

3. How is Elias Elizondo described? What is revealed in Elias’s poem from “Intake”?

4. What was revealed by the star witness for the prosecution in the Ronald Duncan case in Part 1, Chapter 8?

5. How is Richard “Shorty” Perez described in “Intake”? What was Perez charged with?

6. What led to Carla James’s apprehension in Part 1, Chapter 7?

7. How does the author describe Geri Vance’s home life growing up in Part 1, Chapter 4?

8. How is Luis Santos described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 6? What was Luis charged with?

9. How is Judge Roosevelt Dorn described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What was Beckstrand’s impression of Dorn?

10. How does the author describe Judge Dorn’s impressions on those within the California Juvenile Justice system in Part 1, Chapter 4?

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