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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author argue is the other factor when, combined with rick factors, influences homicide rates?
(a) Gender.
(b) The role of race.
(c) Race.
(d) Economic status.

2. What often begins the spiral of depression, anger, and violence in teenage boys?
(a) Shame at abandonment.
(b) Neurological problems.
(c) Frustration due to poverty.
(d) Anger at school.

3. What does the author reveal about himself as he discusses difficult children?
(a) He doesn't like working with difficult children.
(b) He was always well behaved.
(c) He was a difficult child.
(d) His brother was a difficult child.

4. What does Garbarino claim is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?
(a) The moment when teen pregnancy rises above 6 percent.
(b) The moment when gang membership rises above 6 percent.
(c) The moment when affluent leadership drops below 6 percent.
(d) The moment when parental monitoring falls below 6 percent.

5. Which is the most common parenting problem, according to the federal government?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Neglect.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Mental abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino see little difference in, in terms of psychological significance?

2. Garbarino claims some boys seek out images of evil and become addicted to them as a way of responding to what?

3. What do these various options for early violent behavior often depend on?

4. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?

5. What was "Early Warning, Timely Response" supposed to help with?

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