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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of center Garbarino helps run?
(a) Garbarino Center for Wayward Boys.
(b) Austin MacCormick Center.
(c) New York Center for Violent Youth Offenders.
(d) New York State Center for Boys.
2. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?
(a) They are not truly violent.
(b) They too show an accumulation of risk factors.
(c) They are copy cat killers.
(d) They are spoiled.
3. 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 parental monitoring falls below 6 percent.
(d) The moment when affluent leadership drops below 6 percent.
4. What phrase does Garbarino use to explain the way the nation reacts to situations, based on color and socioeconomic status?
(a) Class and race bias.
(b) Race and color bias.
(c) Class and color bias.
(d) Economic and class bias.
5. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?
(a) The people have higher buildups of risk factors.
(b) The people are uneducated.
(c) The people are impoverished.
(d) The people have broken families.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?
2. Why does Garbarino refer to these violent offenders as 'lost boys'?
3. What is the leading cause of death for young minority males?
4. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?
5. What population has the highest rate of truancy?
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