CASA Volunteer Quizzes

1. What does CASA stand for?

Court Adoption Service Agent

Case Advocate for Special Adoptions

Court Appointed Special Advocate

None of the above

2. What is a CASA's main responsibility?

Advocate for the child

Advocate for the parents

Advocate for the foster parents

Advocate for the government agency

3. How often does a CASA rotate through the children in the system?

Every week the CASA gets to know and advocate for a different child

Ideally, a CASA stays with the same child in through his/her years in the system

None of the above

4. To advocate for a child, a CASA volunteer gets to know

The child

The child's parents

The child's foster parents

The child's teachers

The child's doctors

All of the above

5. According to this article, how many children enter the foster system alone each year?

100,000

200,000

400,000

600,000

One million

6. True or False: Every CASA volunteer receives a minimum of 30 hours of training

True

False

7. How does one become a CASA volunteer?

Go to the courthouse and fill out an application

Go to http://www.casaforchildren.org/

Contact a local adoption agency

None of the above

8. Why is it important for a child in the system to be assigned a CASA volunteer?

This gives them a personal advocate with no motive other than to look out for his/her best interests

So they will have a single familiar face regardless of the number of times they get moved

To help them, personally, through every tough situation

All of the above