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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.
(a) Nine times as high.
(b) Twice as high.
(c) Three times as high.
(d) Lower.

3. How did an end to segregation allow for the growth of youth violence?
(a) An end to segregation allowed the lower class to spread.
(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 middle class minorities to move from the ghetto.

4. How do some boys become lost, even without purposeful abuse and neglect?
(a) A withdrawal of love.
(b) A withdrawal of positive adults, through divorce.
(c) A withdrawal of parental guidance.
(d) A withdrawal of attention.

5. Why does Garbarino believe the nation took notice of cases such as those of Michael Carneal, Mitchell Johnson, and Andrew Golden?
(a) They happened in big towns, and involved white boys.
(b) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved white boys.
(c) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved minority boys.
(d) They happened in big towns, and involved minority boys.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does this development hit smaller cities even harder?

3. Garbarino says that at risk populations don't cause the epidemic, they _____________________.

4. What other type of violence has increased among young men?

5. What other areas in the world have seen youth violence due to racism and cultural values?

(see the answer key)

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