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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Josh mean when he asked his father to note the color and names of those in the newspaper?
(a) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were Hispanic.
(b) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper had odd names.
(c) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were white.
(d) He was referring to the fact that most were black or Hispanic.

3. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?
(a) Autobiography of Malcolm X.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Red Mars.
(d) Catcher in the Rye.

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

5. Having a history of _____________ increases the likelihood one will commit murder.
(a) Teen pregnancy.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Memory loss.
(d) Religious intolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author argue is the other factor when, combined with rick factors, influences homicide rates?

2. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?

3. What population has the highest rate of truancy?

4. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?

5. What is the leading cause of death for young minority males?

(see the answer key)

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