Unit 16 Listening Quiz

1. Listen carefully to the following excerpts from the conversation and fill in the blanks with the correct words or combinations of words. Remember not to put anything other than spaces between your answers (so no , . ; etc.).

11) Presenter: He had already been convicted ______________ kidnapping and was on parole _____________ eight years of a 16-year prison sentence. _________________ a lot of anger in California.

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5. 7) Where does Kelly McGuire work?

The Los Angeles Mayor's Office

The Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Fire Department

Amnesty International

6. 4) What does repeat offender mean?

Appearing before the same judge for more than one crime.

Committing more than one crime.

Repeating an insult to another person.

Committing the same crime more than once.

7. 10) Which of the following is an example of a minor offense?

Sexual assault.

Kidnapping.

Shoplifting.

Murder.

8. Listen and answer the questions below by choosing the correct answer.

1) What crime was the man convicted for in 1993?

Kidnapping.

Murder.

Parole.

Assault.

9. 5) Under the Three Strikes Law, what happens to anyone convicted of three criminal offenses?

They are put in prison for life.

They go through rehabilitation.

They are not given parole.

They go to prison for longer amounts of time after each conviction.

10. 2) Parole most likely means ______________________.

Committing a crime.

Being allowed out of prison after serving some jail time.

Committing a repeat offense.

Being put on trial again for the same crime.

11. 3) Why were people in California angry when they heard about the crime?

Because the man was on parole when he murdered the girl.

Because the man wasn't given the death penalty.

Because the man wasn't also convicted for the kidnapping.

Because the police caught the wrong man.

12. 9) Which of the following is a reason that McGuire is against the Three Strikes Law?

Because Californians have to pay a lot of taxes to maintain prisons.

Because the Three Strikes Law violates the human rights of prisoners.

Because violent crime hasn't decreased.

Because non-violent offenders are punished too harshly.

13. 6) Which of these reasons does Carl Brewer NOT say to show his reasons for supporting the Three Strikes Law?

California's crime rate is less than the national crime rate.

Californians have been protected from pain and suffering because of the Three Strikes Law.

California hasn't had to build more prisons.

14. 8) McGuire supports putting violent criminals in prison for long sentences.

True

False

Doesn't say.