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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do many adults avoid teenagers?
(a) They see them as dangerous.
(b) They see them as annoying.
(c) They see them as alien and inscrutable.
(d) They see them as disrespectful.

2. What can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?
(a) The issue can be harmless.
(b) The issue can be ignored.
(c) The issue can either be seen and treated, ignored, or acted out in a harmless manner.
(d) The issue can be seen and treated immediately.

3. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?
(a) She was shot and killed.
(b) She died giving birth.
(c) She was arrested for drug possession.
(d) She was killed as a prostitute.

4. What is one reason homicide rates seem to have declined?
(a) There are fewer guns on the streets than ten years ago.
(b) There are fewer homicides than ten years ago.
(c) Medical technology saves some that would have died of their wounds ten years ago.
(d) Fewer homicides are actually reported.

5. What is the technical term for the disorder that results in highly troubled young boys who constantly misbehave?
(a) Disruptive disorder.
(b) Personality disorder.
(c) Conduct Disorder.
(d) Social disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some children who are not abused become violent children?

2. What is the name of the game children in 'war zone' neighborhoods play with blocks?

3. What is most important in the effect of parents on children?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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