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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garbarino claim we think when we ask if violent youth have any morals?
(a) He believes most think they have no morals.
(b) He believes most think they have morals, but are confused.
(c) He believes most think they have morals.
(d) He believes most think they have morals, but don't follow them.

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

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

4. What is the name of center Garbarino helps run?
(a) New York Center for Violent Youth Offenders.
(b) Garbarino Center for Wayward Boys.
(c) Austin MacCormick Center.
(d) New York State Center for Boys.

5. Neurologists refer to the process by which it takes less and less stimulation to set off an internal reaction as __________________.
(a) Wrongful reaction.
(b) Reactive.
(c) Kindling.
(d) Desensitization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has social policy contributed to youth violence?

2. What is the term used to signify, among other things, the ability to read emotions of others?

3. Social health is the sum total of a community's ___________________.

4. What population has the highest rate of truancy?

5. What does Garbarino claim is inside almost every violent teenager?

(see the answer key)

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