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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Learning about the destruction of human bodies is __________________.
(a) Traumatic.
(b) Problematic.
(c) Detrimental.
(d) Emotional.

2. What surprised Garbarino about his experiences with the prosecuting attorney?
(a) The attorney didn't care about the crime.
(b) The attorney only worried about the victims.
(c) The attorney only worried about the boys' crime, not his life.
(d) The attorney didn't care about the law.

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

4. What does Garbarino claim is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?
(a) The moment when parental monitoring falls below 6 percent.
(b) The moment when gang membership rises above 6 percent.
(c) The moment when affluent leadership drops below 6 percent.
(d) The moment when teen pregnancy rises above 6 percent.

5. What is the first task, according to Garbarino's political agenda to stop youth violence?
(a) To reduce exposure to alcohol and drugs.
(b) To reduce police brutality.
(c) To reduce exposure to violent images.
(d) To reduce abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Behaviors that become self sustaining attain ______________________.

2. Many extremely violent boys have experienced trauma to ___________________.

3. What does Julio represent?

4. What did Julio become in prison?

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

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