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

2. What population has the highest rate of truancy?
(a) Those in homeless shelters.
(b) Those in family groups other than a two parent household.
(c) Those without any parents.
(d) Those in two parent households.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Garbarino accuse people of not wanting to do, when it comes to violent youth?

4. What else is an important factor in youth violence?

5. What gift does Garbarino give Malcolm that makes him cry?

(see the answer key)

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