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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 other areas in the world have seen youth violence due to racism and cultural values?
(a) Russia and China.
(b) South Africa and Australia.
(c) Germany and Austria.
(d) South America and Europe.

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

3. What did some adults do in response to the announcing of the verdict in the Jonesboro trial?
(a) Threatened to kill themselves.
(b) Threatened to kill one another.
(c) Threatened to blow up the prison.
(d) Threatened to kill the young male perpetrators.

4. Why does Garbarino refer to these violent offenders as 'lost boys'?
(a) He believes these boys lost their souls.
(b) He believes these boys lost their happiness.
(c) He believes these boys lost their parents.
(d) He believes these boys are really naive and childlike.

5. What does Julio represent?
(a) A tragedy.
(b) A success.
(c) A failure.
(d) A lost cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?

2. What phrase does Garbarino use to explain the way the nation reacts to situations, based on color and socioeconomic status?

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

4. Having a history of _____________ increases the likelihood one will commit murder.

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

(see the answer key)

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