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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 other areas in the world have seen youth violence due to racism and cultural values?
(a) Russia and China.
(b) South America and Europe.
(c) South Africa and Australia.
(d) Germany and Austria.

2. What surprised Garbarino about his experiences with the prosecuting attorney?
(a) The attorney only worried about the victims.
(b) The attorney only worried about the boys' crime, not his life.
(c) The attorney didn't care about the law.
(d) The attorney didn't care about the crime.

3. What emotion is often linked with anger in troubled boys?
(a) Elation.
(b) Depression.
(c) Control.
(d) Humiliation.

4. According to General S.L.A. Marshall, resilience is not:
(a) Lasting.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Futile.
(d) Absolute.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is amoral?

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

3. Why does the author blame improved care of premature babies for part of the youth violence issue?

4. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

5. What can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?

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