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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 can help turn the tide for violent boys, according to research by Kellam?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Home management.
(c) Effective classroom management.
(d) Psychotherapy.

2. Why do abused children have a tendency to view the world differently?
(a) Their abuse often causes neurological disorder.
(b) They create abnormal social maps by adapting to abuse.
(c) They feel helplessness, which turns to anger.
(d) They have a dislike for everyone.

3. What was "Early Warning, Timely Response" supposed to help with?
(a) Responding to student threats.
(b) Dealing with broken homes.
(c) Dealing with violent youth.
(d) Responding to community needs.

4. What is the term for the identifying line of those we feel morally obligated to?
(a) Moral square.
(b) Moral line.
(c) Moral limit.
(d) Moral circle.

5. In addition to family rejection, what other aspect of life can cause a feeling of alienation in the life of violent youth?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Racism.
(d) A breakup of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of American kids have been found to be in need of professional mental health intervention?

2. What is a risk for boys who grow up without fathers?

3. What did Allan, the boy accused of stealing the drug dealer's gun, mean by being "on point"?

4. What does Garbarino claim is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?

5. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

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