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