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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 see little difference in, in terms of psychological significance?
(a) Murder and violent assault.
(b) Robbery and armed robbery.
(c) Domestic abuse and homicide.
(d) Suicide and murder.

2. What is the name of the game children in 'war zone' neighborhoods play with blocks?
(a) Death.
(b) War.
(c) Gangland.
(d) Funeral.

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

4. How long has the author been studying violent youth?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twelve years.

5. How did an end to segregation allow for the growth of youth violence?
(a) An end to segregation allowed the middle class minorities to move from the ghetto.
(b) An end to segregation allowed minorities into the school systems.
(c) An end to segregation allowed the white classes to leave the minority behind.
(d) An end to segregation allowed the lower class to spread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of center Garbarino helps run?

2. What does the author admit he is trying to do by writing this book?

3. What did Josh mean when he asked his father to note the color and names of those in the newspaper?

4. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?

5. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.

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