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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 is the technical term for the disorder that results in highly troubled young boys who constantly misbehave?
(a) Disruptive disorder.
(b) Conduct Disorder.
(c) Social disorder.
(d) Personality disorder.

2. What phrase does Garbarino use to explain the way the nation reacts to situations, based on color and socioeconomic status?
(a) Race and color bias.
(b) Class and color bias.
(c) Economic and class bias.
(d) Class and race bias.

3. What is a risk for boys who grow up without fathers?
(a) They will be uneducated.
(b) They will starve.
(c) They will become early fathers.
(d) They will become 'man of the house'.

4. What is the term used to signify, among other things, the ability to read emotions of others?
(a) Emotional ability.
(b) Emotional intelligence.
(c) Emotional stability.
(d) Emotional response.

5. Why does this development hit smaller cities even harder?
(a) There are fewer schools to send children to, so all are exposed.
(b) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed
(c) There are fewer schools to send children to, so everyone has a lower education.
(d) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Garbarino refer to these violent offenders as 'lost boys'?

3. Why does a lowered resilience and coping ability compound negative social influences?

4. What is the name of the game children in 'war zone' neighborhoods play with blocks?

5. What has developed in medium cities that has resulted in even more youth violence?

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