Deck 6: Cause and Effect: Determining Reasons and Outcomes

Question 1

indefinitely : ​

A)without a choice
B)without knowledge
C)without a clear end
D)for no  reason

Answer 1

C

Question 2

overhaul : ​

A)question
B)stop
C) expand ​
D)change

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A new settlement in California will limit the amount of time inmates spend in solitary confinement.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Some corrections officials believe that long-term solitary confinement is ineffective.

Question 5

assailed : ​

A)stopped
B)ignored
C)attacked
D)defended

Question 6

The new agreement is the result of a lawsuit brought by inmates. ​

Question 7

constituted : ​

A)argued
B)created
C)rejected
D) protected ​

Question 8

scrutiny : ​

A)support
B)investigation
C)payment
D)resistance

Question 9

consecutive : ​

A)first
B)random
C)uninterrupted
D)chosen

Question 10

Before the agreement, California had more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other state.

Question 11

Some prisoners protested solitary confinement by participating in hunger strikes.

Question 12

The prisoners who filed the lawsuit claimed that solitary confinement violates their Second Amendment rights.

Question 13

psyche : ​

A)mind
B)budget
C)crowd
D)goal

Question 14

The state of California plans to build new prisons to house dangerous prisoners.

Question 15

affiliations : ​

A)applications
B)stories
C)beatings
D)relationships

Question 16

The new settlement will increase the number of inmates in solitary confinement.

Question 17

The new agreement in California will continue to send gang members to solitary confinement, even if they follow the rules.

Question 18

conscience : ​

A)sense of right and wrong
B)anger
C)legal rights
D)ignorance

Question 19

An inmate who is violent in prison may be sent to solitary confinement.

Question 20

concessions : ​

A) decorations ​
B)allowances
C)awards
D)punishments

Question 21

Most observers are now optimistic about the future of the ghetto defense.

Question 22

omnipresent : ​

A)like a duck
B)everywhere
C)eating both meat and plants
D)knowing  all

Question 23

rendered : ​

A) recalled ​
B)returned
C)forgotten
D)produced

Question 24

eradicate : ​

A)turn on
B)lock up
C)get rid of
D)rehabilitate

Question 25

When Felicia "Lisa" Morgan was growing up, her parents would sit down to eat with guns next to their plates.

Question 26

If nothing else, Lisa Morgan's childhood starkly illustrates the tragic effects of urban violence.

Question 27

eliciting : ​

A)electing
B)bringing out
C)practicing
D) taunting

Question 28

The ghetto defense was successful in Morgan's case.

Question 29

sustained : ​

A)continued
B)kept in
C)referred to
D)contaminated

Question 30

exculpation : ​

A)spitting out
B)digested
C)a curse
D)freeing of blame

Question 31

Author Alex Kotlowitz says the inner city can be worse than war.

Question 32

The author believes that the biggest question of all in this story concerns personal responsibility more than society's responsibility.

Question 33

Kotlowitz argues that if you lower your expectations, particularly with kids, they will meet only those low expectations.

Question 34

PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has been employed as a strategy in many cases involving trauma victims.

Question 35

In a ghetto defense case, the victim is usually a family member.

Question 36

malady : ​

A)a girlfriend
B)dangerous situation
C)illness
D)a crime

Question 37

debilitating : ​

A)failing
B)attacking
C)incapacitating
D)paid in full

Question 38

tacit : ​

A)quiet
B)dangling bundle of string
C)like a duck
D)implied

Question 39

The "ghetto defense" argues that Morgan's exposure to violence rendered her not responsible for her actions.

Question 40

abhors : ​

A)hates
B)loves
C)declines
D)frees from blame