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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What often begins the spiral of depression, anger, and violence in teenage boys?
(a) Anger at school.
(b) Frustration due to poverty.
(c) Neurological problems.
(d) Shame at abandonment.

2. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?
(a) They too show an accumulation of risk factors.
(b) They are spoiled.
(c) They are copy cat killers.
(d) They are not truly violent.

3. What can help turn the tide for violent boys, according to research by Kellam?
(a) Psychotherapy.
(b) Home management.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Effective classroom management.

4. What does Garbarino call the spiritual being within a child?
(a) The divine self.
(b) The religious self.
(c) The sacred self.
(d) The holy self.

5. What do young violent boys tend to show in terms of fear?
(a) An abnormal level of fear.
(b) A level of fearlessness.
(c) A high level of fear.
(d) A lack of understanding for fearful situations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?

3. Why does Garbarino try to help others understand violent youth?

4. What population has the highest rate of truancy?

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

(see the answer key)

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