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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.
(a) The natural point.
(b) The ending point.
(c) The tipping point.
(d) The dire point.

2. What does Garbarino claim is inside almost every violent teenager?
(a) An angry person.
(b) A depressed person.
(c) An untreated traumatized child.
(d) A violent killer.

3. 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 one another.
(c) Threatened to kill themselves.
(d) Threatened to kill the young male perpetrators.

4. What do older boys who are violent have in common, in terms of their actions as little boys?
(a) They were shy little boys.
(b) They were happy little boys.
(c) They were depressed little boys.
(d) They were violent little boys.

5. When bad behavior starts at this point, it is particularly worrisome.
(a) Child onset.
(b) Adult onset.
(c) Any onset.
(d) Adolescent onset.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many homicides are there in the U.S. each year?

2. What does the term 'bad seed' imply?

3. Having a history of _____________ increases the likelihood one will commit murder.

4. What is Garbarino trying to point out throughout these chapters, in terms of the cause of aggressive behaviors?

5. How did an end to segregation allow for the growth of youth violence?

(see the answer key)

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