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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) An untreated traumatized child.
(b) A depressed person.
(c) An angry person.
(d) A violent killer.

2. What does Garbarino accuse people of not wanting to do, when it comes to violent youth?
(a) Listen to them.
(b) Punish them.
(c) Understand them.
(d) Incarcerate them.

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

4. What clothing item differentiates the levels of progress within the center?
(a) Color of ties.
(b) Color of shirts.
(c) Color of shoelaces.
(d) Color of pants.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?

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

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

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 _______________________.

(see the answer key)

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