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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 is the point of change in the social decline of neighborhoods?
(a) The moment when affluent leadership drops below 6 percent.
(b) The moment when parental monitoring falls below 6 percent.
(c) The moment when gang membership rises above 6 percent.
(d) The moment when teen pregnancy rises above 6 percent.

2. How long has the author been studying violent youth?
(a) Twenty five years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Ten years.

3. What did some adults do in response to the announcing of the verdict in the Jonesboro trial?
(a) Threatened to kill the young male perpetrators.
(b) Threatened to kill themselves.
(c) Threatened to blow up the prison.
(d) Threatened to kill one another.

4. Character education supports a set of core values, or ___________________.
(a) Pillars of character.
(b) Landmarks of success.
(c) Social triggers.
(d) Social anchors.

5. What does psychiatrist James Gilligan believe most acts of violence are caused by?
(a) Gangs.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Relationship issues.
(d) A perceived injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many high school boys carry a potentially lethal weapon?

2. What do older boys who are violent have in common, in terms of their actions as little boys?

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

4. According to General S.L.A. Marshall, resilience is not:

5. Youths who participate in the drug economy or chronic theft have distorted __________________.

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