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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 is Garbarino trying to point out throughout these chapters, in terms of the cause of aggressive behaviors?
(a) Only the family unit is important.
(b) Only peer structure is important.
(c) Everything must be taken in context.
(d) Only biological triggers are important.

2. Why do abused children have a tendency to view the world differently?
(a) Their abuse often causes neurological disorder.
(b) They feel helplessness, which turns to anger.
(c) They create abnormal social maps by adapting to abuse.
(d) They have a dislike for everyone.

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

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

5. How can adults help repair damage from disrupted attachments in children?
(a) Try to take the place of the missing parent.
(b) Be very strict with the child to avoid problems.
(c) Provide support for parents dealing with such children.
(d) Incarcerate the child before he misbehaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has increased along with youth violence in the United States?

2. When bad behavior starts at this point, it is particularly worrisome.

3. Why does Garbarino believe the nation took notice of cases such as those of Michael Carneal, Mitchell Johnson, and Andrew Golden?

4. What two patterns of fathers are common in the history of violent boys?

5. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.

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