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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. What was John Sloan charged with in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Negligent homicide.
(b) Arson.
(c) Armed robbery.
(d) Rape.
2. What does California Penal Code Section 245 address?
(a) Arson.
(b) Assault with a deadly weapon.
(c) Murder.
(d) Armed burglary.
3. 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) 355,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 120,000.
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) $100.
(b) $150.
(c) $225.
(d) $65.
5. Ronald Duncan was charged with double murder for killing whom, according to the narrator in “Intake”?
(a) His employers.
(b) His mother and sister.
(c) His father and brother.
(d) His brother and sister.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was George Trevino when he was placed in foster care with the state?
2. What element of an adult courtroom is missing in the juvenile court system?
3. What famously televised court case were the students in the writing class watching in Part 1, Chapter 3?
4. What did the judge order regarding the confession tape in the Ronald Duncan case?
5. Carla James was sentenced to spend how much time at Camp Resnick for theft and assault charges, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Luis Santos described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 6? What was Luis charged with?
2. What were Peggy Beckstrand’s feelings about the Roland Duncan case, as described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 3?
3. What courtroom does the author describe as the central setting for the narrative in Part 1, Chapter 1? How is this setting described by Peggy Beckstrand?
4. What led to Geri Vance’s entrance into “the system” in his youth? How did his prior record affect his chances in court in Part 1, Chapter 4?
5. How was Peggy Beckstrand’s cross-examination of Roland Duncan described in Part 1, Chapter 8?
6. 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?
7. How does the author describe the DA’s case as revealed in the Duncan trial in Part 1, Chapter 8?
8. How is Judge Roosevelt Dorn described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What was Beckstrand’s impression of Dorn?
9. When did the majority of intakes take place at the Central Lockup of Juvenile Hall, according to the author in “Intake”? Who in this system is described as having the greatest power?
10. How is Richard “Shorty” Perez described in “Intake”? What was Perez charged with?
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