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  • 1. What technological arrangement was supported in Maryland v. Craig?
A) Public televised trials
B) Closed-circuit TV testimony
C) Pre-recorded depositions
D) Virtual reality testimony
  • 2. Why were laws passed to allow children to testify on closed-circuit TV?
A) To improve audio quality for the jury
B) To speed up the legal process
C) To reduce the cost of court appearances
D) To avoid traumatizing the child by facing the accused
  • 3. What concern regarding young children did the Maryland v. Craig case highlight?
A) Refusal to take an oath
B) Lack of vocabulary
C) Inability to speak clearly
D) Suggestibility and false memories
  • 4. What did the recorded CII interviews demonstrate to the jury in the Buckey trial?
A) Clear evidence of child abuse
B) Coercive and suggestive questioning techniques
C) The reliability of the investigators
D) The children's memory consistency
  • 5. What was the jury's verdict regarding Buckey after viewing the recorded interviews?
A) Mistrial
B) Not guilty
C) Hung jury
D) Guilty
  • 6. In what way did the Buckey trial influence subsequent investigations?
A) Prosecutors began abandoning tape recorders and notepads
B) Police started using more video cameras
C) Investigators were required to use sworn stenographers
D) Laws were passed to mandate recording all interviews
  • 7. According to the text, what was produced in response to juries acquitting defendants after viewing interview recordings?
A) A new set of state child protection laws
B) A curriculum for interviewing children
C) A manual urging investigators not to record interviews
D) A mandatory code of conduct for prosecutors
  • 8. Under what condition did the Supreme Court rule that closed-circuit testimony is permissible?
A) When the child is under the age of five
B) When the courthouse lacks adequate space
C) Only when the defendant requests it
D) When there is a likelihood that a minor may be harmed by testifying in open court
  • 9. How did other trials with similar interviewing techniques generally end when juries viewed the recordings?
A) Guilty verdicts
B) Strict sentencing
C) Not guilty verdicts
D) Indefinite delays
  • 10. What is described as the 'normal' police procedure for interviewing alleged victims?
A) Relying on eyewitness testimony
B) Interviewing victims in private chambers
C) Conducting group interviews
D) Recording using video, tape, or notes
  • 11. When did the first McMartin preschool trial begin?
A) July 13, 1989
B) February 1989
C) July 13, 1987
D) December 1988
  • 12. How many medical witnesses did the prosecution present during the first trial?
A) Seven
B) One
C) Twelve
D) Five
  • 13. How many medical witnesses did the judge allow the defense to present?
A) Seven
B) One
C) Zero
D) Three
  • 14. What was the initial amount of bail set for Ray Buckey?
A) $1.5 million
B) $5 million
C) $500,000
D) $3 million
  • 15. To what amount was Ray Buckey's bail reduced in December 1988?
A) $1 million
B) $1.5 million
C) $750,000
D) $3 million
  • 16. Approximately how long did Ray Buckey spend in jail before being released on bail?
A) 7 years
B) Almost 5 years
C) 1 year
D) 2 years
  • 17. In what year was Peggy Ann Buckey's appeal to have her teaching credentials reinstated granted?
A) 1988
B) 1990
C) 1989
D) 1987
  • 18. What did the judge note about the videotaped interviews of the children?
A) The videos were technically unusable
B) The children appeared coached by their parents
C) A pronounced absence of evidence implicating Peggy Ann
D) Clear evidence of systematic abuse
  • 19. Who ran the Children's Institute International (CII)?
A) Kee MacFarlane
B) Astrid Heppenstall Heger
C) John Earl
D) Michael P. Maloney
  • 20. How many children were claimed to have been abused by the spring of 1984?
A) 12
B) 100
C) 360
D) 41
  • 21. What did Astrid Heppenstall Heger believe the minute scarring she photographed was caused by?
A) General childhood play
B) Congenital conditions
C) Previous medical accidents
D) Anal penetration
  • 22. According to journalist John Earl, what was the basis for Heger's medical findings?
A) Unsubstantiated medical histories
B) Psychological evaluations from parents
C) Thorough forensic testing
D) Eyewitness accounts from teachers
  • 23. How many of the original 360 children ultimately testified in the grand jury and pretrial hearings?
A) 41
B) 360
C) 12
D) 150
  • 24. What did the interview transcripts and recordings demonstrate regarding speech distribution?
A) They contained mostly speech from the children
B) They contained no speech from the adults
C) They contained far more speech from adults than children
D) They contained equal speech from adults and children
  • 25. How did the children react initially to the interviewers' attempts to elicit disclosures?
A) The children were resistant
B) The children were silent throughout the process
C) The children were terrified of the interviewers
D) The children were eager to share stories
  • 26. How many children testified at the actual trials?
A) More than 100
B) Exactly 41
C) Fewer than a dozen
D) None
  • 27. When did the McMartin preschool trial take place?
A) The 1970s
B) The 2000s
C) The 1980s
D) The 1990s
  • 28. Who was the Los Angeles District Attorney who prosecuted the McMartin case?
A) Ray Buckey
B) Ira Reiner
C) Virginia McMartin
D) Judy Johnson
  • 29. In what city was the McMartin preschool located?
A) San Diego
B) Manhattan Beach
C) Los Angeles
D) San Francisco
  • 30. What cultural phenomenon was the McMartin investigation a pivotal part of?
A) The Prohibition era
B) The Red Scare
C) The Cold War espionage trials
D) The Satanic panic
  • 31. Who made the initial accusation that started the McMartin investigation?
A) A police officer
B) Virginia McMartin
C) Judy Johnson
D) Ira Reiner
  • 32. What was the familial relationship between Ray Buckey and Virginia McMartin?
A) Son
B) Nephew
C) Grandson
D) Brother
  • 33. What physical symptom led Judy Johnson to believe her son had been abused?
A) Painful bowel movements
B) Refusal to go to school
C) Nightmares
D) Bruising on his arms
  • 34. Approximately how many parents were sent a letter by the police regarding the investigation?
A) 200
B) 50
C) 1000
D) 500
  • 35. What medical condition was Judy Johnson diagnosed with during the investigation?
A) Acute paranoid schizophrenia
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) Clinical depression
D) Bipolar disorder
  • 36. According to the police letter, what was a possible pretense used for criminal acts?
A) Taking the child's temperature
B) Administering medicine
C) Changing a diaper
D) Giving a bath
  • 37. Which actor did a child identify as an abuser when shown photographs by Danny Davis?
A) Sylvester Stallone
B) Clint Eastwood
C) Chuck Norris
D) Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • 38. What kind of structures did investigators look for under the McMartin preschool but fail to find?
A) Hidden vaults
B) Secret tunnels
C) Buried bunkers
D) Ancient catacombs
  • 39. What was the 'naked movie star' activity actually identified as during trial testimony?
A) A secret grooming ritual
B) A theatrical production
C) A rhyming taunt
D) A professional photo shoot
  • 40. What bizarre ability did Judy Johnson claim Raymond Buckey possessed?
A) Flying
B) Invisibility
C) Teleportation
D) Telepathy
  • 41. Which prosecutor left the case in protest over the withholding of evidence?
A) Ira Reiner
B) Robert Philibosian
C) Glenn Stevens
D) Lael Rubin
  • 42. How many counts of child abuse were the defendants eventually charged with?
A) 321
B) 115
C) 20
D) 48
  • 43. Who did Glenn Stevens accuse of lying to keep the Buckeys in jail?
A) Danny Davis
B) Lael Rubin
C) Robert Philibosian
D) Ira Reiner
  • 44. How many children were involved in the final count of 321 abuse charges?
A) 48
B) 10
C) 20
D) 115
  • 45. Who testified that Ray Buckey had confessed to him in a jail cell?
A) David Rosenzweig
B) George Freeman
C) David Shaw
D) Wayne Satz
  • 46. What did George Freeman later confess to committing in other criminal cases?
A) Bribery
B) Witness tampering
C) Embezzlement
D) Perjury
  • 47. What was the result of Peggy McMartin Buckey's trial on January 18, 1990?
A) Hung jury
B) Mistrial declared
C) Acquitted on all counts
D) Convicted on all counts
  • 48. How many counts was Ray Buckey cleared of in his first trial?
A) 52
B) 6
C) 13
D) 65
  • 49. How many jurors voted to acquit Ray Buckey at the end of his first trial?
A) 9
B) 2
C) 11
D) 13
  • 50. How many counts were included in Ray Buckey's second trial?
A) 6
B) 65
C) 52
D) 13
  • 51. What was the final outcome of the second trial against Ray Buckey?
A) Total acquittal
B) Mistrial due to lawyer misconduct
C) Conviction
D) Hung jury
  • 52. Who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on the media's flawed coverage of the trial?
A) George Freeman
B) David Rosenzweig
C) David Shaw
D) Wayne Satz
  • 53. Which reporter for KABC presented an unchallenged view of the allegations?
A) George Freeman
B) David Shaw
C) David Rosenzweig
D) Wayne Satz
  • 54. Which editor at the Los Angeles Times was engaged to the prosecutor?
A) David Shaw
B) Wayne Satz
C) George Freeman
D) David Rosenzweig
  • 55. Who was the prosecutor engaged to David Rosenzweig?
A) Lael Rubin
B) None of the above
C) Peggy McMartin Buckey
D) Kee MacFarlane
  • 56. What was given to George Freeman to guarantee his testimony?
A) A plea bargain for a sentence reduction
B) Immunity
C) Money
D) Witness protection
  • 57. Where was the 1997 'Day of Contrition' conference held?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Seattle, Washington
C) New York, New York
D) Salem, Massachusetts
  • 58. What did Ray Buckey do after the legal proceedings concluded?
A) Wrote a memoir
B) Retired from public life
C) Studied law
D) Became a teacher
  • 59. Who was the detective who investigated the complaints?
A) Lael Rubin
B) Jane Hoag
C) Judy Johnson
D) Kee MacFarlane
  • 60. In what publication was the article by Mary A. Fischer printed?
A) Los Angeles magazine
B) The New York Times
C) Time magazine
D) The Washington Post
  • 61. Who did the parents hire in 1990 to investigate the McMartin Preschool site?
A) John Earl
B) David Finkelhor
C) W. Joseph Wyatt
D) E. Gary Stickel
  • 62. What technology did Stickel claim to use to find tunnels under the preschool?
A) Sonar scanning
B) Thermal imaging
C) Ground-penetrating radar
D) X-ray imaging
  • 63. According to John Earl in 1995, why were tunnels impossible to fill in?
A) The tunnels were too deep
B) The tunnels were filled with water
C) The concrete floor slab was undisturbed
D) The soil was too rocky
  • 64. W. Joseph Wyatt concluded the 'tunnels' were actually what?
A) Natural caves
B) Old plumbing access points
C) Rubbish pits
D) Former storage vaults
  • 65. What was the title of the book funded by child abuse research grants that featured McMartin children?
A) Behind the Playground Walls
B) The McMartin Files
C) Inside the Investigation
D) Shadows of the Preschool
  • 66. How much money was granted to David Finkelhor to investigate day care sexual abuse?
A) $1.8 million
B) $7.2 million
C) $173,000
D) $5 million
  • 67. Which HBO movie was produced in 1995 based on the McMartin trials?
A) Behind the Playground Walls
B) Secret Tunnels of the McMartins
C) Indictment: The McMartin Trial
D) The McMartin Family Trials
  • 68. What was the name of the 2019 documentary about the McMartin family trials produced by Oxygen?
A) The McMartin Legacy
B) Indictment: The McMartin Trial
C) Child Abuse Research: The McMartin Case
D) Uncovered: The McMartin Family Trials
  • 69. Why did W. Joseph Wyatt speculate that Stickel's conclusions were flawed?
A) Stickel was paid by the defendants
B) Stickel was collaborating with the parents
C) Stickel misinterpreted the age of the soil
D) Stickel did not use proper radar equipment
  • 70. What items were found in the rubbish pits dating back to the 1930s and 1940s?
A) Children's toys
B) Bottles
C) Video recording devices
D) Modern construction tools
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