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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 the author argue is the other factor when, combined with rick factors, influences homicide rates?
(a) Gender.
(b) Economic status.
(c) Race.
(d) The role of race.

2. Garbarino says that at risk populations don't cause the epidemic, they _____________________.
(a) Are more ripe for infection.
(b) Have too few adults to combat the issues.
(c) Have too many issues to combat one more.
(d) Don't care, so they don't fight the infection.

3. What did Julio become in prison?
(a) A leader.
(b) A monster.
(c) A monk.
(d) A gay man.

4. How many high school boys carry a potentially lethal weapon?
(a) Eighty percent.
(b) Thirty percent.
(c) Five percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

5. How many teenagers report they could obtain a gun within an hour?
(a) One fourth.
(b) Two thirds.
(c) Three fourths.
(d) One third.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the author been studying violent youth?

2. In what year did four shootings occur in areas that were not typically hubs of youth violence?

3. What does Garbarino claim is inside almost every violent teenager?

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

5. Why does Garbarino believe the nation took notice of cases such as those of Michael Carneal, Mitchell Johnson, and Andrew Golden?

(see the answer key)

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