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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason homicide rates seem to have declined?
(a) Medical technology saves some that would have died of their wounds ten years ago.
(b) There are fewer guns on the streets than ten years ago.
(c) Fewer homicides are actually reported.
(d) There are fewer homicides than ten years ago.

2. What gift does Garbarino give Malcolm that makes him cry?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A journal.
(c) A book.
(d) A car.

3. What often begins the spiral of depression, anger, and violence in teenage boys?
(a) Shame at abandonment.
(b) Anger at school.
(c) Frustration due to poverty.
(d) Neurological problems.

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

5. What does Julio represent?
(a) A lost cause.
(b) A success.
(c) A failure.
(d) A tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion is often linked with anger in troubled boys?

2. What do older boys who are violent have in common, in terms of their actions as little boys?

3. How do some boys become lost, even without purposeful abuse and neglect?

4. Why is parental abandonment particularly dangerous?

5. What are some traits that put a child at risk for becoming aggressive?

(see the answer key)

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