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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is low resting heart rate associated with, according to the study by Losel, Bender, and Bliesener?
(a) Antisocial behavior.
(b) Social behavior.
(c) Abuse victims.
(d) Avoidance personalities.

2. What can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?
(a) The issue can be seen and treated immediately.
(b) The issue can be ignored.
(c) The issue can either be seen and treated, ignored, or acted out in a harmless manner.
(d) The issue can be harmless.

3. What is the term for those who are amoral in psychiatric terms?
(a) Manic depressant.
(b) Schizophrenic.
(c) Psychopath.
(d) Criminal.

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

5. These can help young boys develop a positive sense of self.
(a) Care and concern.
(b) Spirituality and love.
(c) Love and kindness.
(d) Empathy and apathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.

2. How many high school boys carry a potentially lethal weapon?

3. The 'abuse excuse' defense is believed to occur when boys make up incidents of abuse, in order to __________________________.

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

5. What does the author reveal about himself as he discusses difficult children?

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