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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garbarino claim can lead us to humane treatment and rehabilitation?
(a) Learning about the life experiences of violent youth.
(b) Learning about substance abuse.
(c) Better education.
(d) Understanding the gang culture.

2. This form of attachment indicates a high stress level and inconsolability.
(a) Insecure avoidant.
(b) Secure.
(c) Disorganized disoriented.
(d) Insecure ambivalent.

3. How do some boys become lost, even without purposeful abuse and neglect?
(a) A withdrawal of parental guidance.
(b) A withdrawal of positive adults, through divorce.
(c) A withdrawal of love.
(d) A withdrawal of attention.

4. What are violent children learning about adults in their lives at early ages?
(a) That adults are childish.
(b) That adults cannot protect them.
(c) That adults are cruel.
(d) That adults are irresponsible.

5. Why does Garbarino believe the nation took notice of cases such as those of Michael Carneal, Mitchell Johnson, and Andrew Golden?
(a) They happened in big towns, and involved minority boys.
(b) They happened in big towns, and involved white boys.
(c) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved white boys.
(d) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved minority boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a negative social environment, vulnerable children should be understood as __________________.

2. Why does the author blame improved care of premature babies for part of the youth violence issue?

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

4. What does the author reveal about himself as he discusses difficult children?

5. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?

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