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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 can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?
(a) The issue can be seen and treated immediately.
(b) The issue can either be seen and treated, ignored, or acted out in a harmless manner.
(c) The issue can be ignored.
(d) The issue can be harmless.

2. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?
(a) She was arrested for drug possession.
(b) She was shot and killed.
(c) She died giving birth.
(d) She was killed as a prostitute.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

2. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.

3. What is common among emotionally retarded boys?

4. In what year did four shootings occur in areas that were not typically hubs of youth violence?

5. What is avoidant attachment?

(see the answer key)

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