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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the morality of violent boys often primitive?
(a) It reflects what they have learned in their world.
(b) It reflects the animals they are.
(c) It reflects their vulnerability.
(d) It reflects what they see on TV.

2. Garbarino believes that as children pass into adolescence, they are more vulnerable to ___________________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Violence.
(c) Melodrama.
(d) Peer pressure.

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

4. What did Josh mean when he asked his father to note the color and names of those in the newspaper?
(a) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were white.
(b) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were Hispanic.
(c) He was referring to the fact that most were black or Hispanic.
(d) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper had odd names.

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 fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.
(c) There are fewer schools to send children to, so everyone has a lower education.
(d) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Having a history of criminal violence in the family makes one's chances of committing murder ___________________.

3. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?

4. What does the accumulation approach to developmental threat show us about success?

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

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