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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 has increased along with youth violence in the United States?
(a) The prevalence of risk factors associated with youth violence.
(b) Racism.
(c) Adult violence.
(d) Median incomes.

2. What is one hypothesis about why some children have lower resting heart rates?
(a) These children have a low emotional reaction system.
(b) This is a genetic trait.
(c) These children have adapted for survival.
(d) These children have physical abnormalities.

3. What is deadly petulance?
(a) A sense of pain.
(b) A sense of religious intent.
(c) A sense of arrogance.
(d) A sense of pressure.

4. What are violent children learning about adults in their lives at early ages?
(a) That adults are cruel.
(b) That adults are irresponsible.
(c) That adults are childish.
(d) That adults cannot protect them.

5. What did some adults do in response to the announcing of the verdict in the Jonesboro trial?
(a) Threatened to blow up the prison.
(b) Threatened to kill themselves.
(c) Threatened to kill one another.
(d) Threatened to kill the young male perpetrators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps the soul from dying, according to Garbarino?

2. Why does Garbarino try to help others understand violent youth?

3. What can help a child who is abused overcome his/her tainted view of the world?

4. These traits are "hallmarks" of adolescence.

5. In addition to family rejection, what other aspect of life can cause a feeling of alienation in the life of violent youth?

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