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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term 'bad seed' imply?
(a) That someone is not rehabilitative.
(b) That someone is taught bad behaviors.
(c) They someone is born bad.
(d) That someone is diseased.

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

3. What is most important in the effect of parents on children?
(a) How the parent's subtle actions shape the child.
(b) How the parent's subtle actions hurt the child.
(c) How parental behavior organizes the child's life.
(d) How parental behavior shames the child.

4. What does the author admit he is trying to do by writing this book?
(a) Make sense of grief.
(b) Help the victims of youth violence.
(c) Help heal youth.
(d) Make sense of youth violence.

5. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.
(a) Lower.
(b) Twice as high.
(c) Three times as high.
(d) Nine times as high.

6. 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 suburbs and small towns, and involved white boys.
(c) They happened in big towns, and involved white boys.
(d) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved minority boys.

7. What other areas in the world have seen youth violence due to racism and cultural values?
(a) Russia and China.
(b) Germany and Austria.
(c) South America and Europe.
(d) South Africa and Australia.

8. In what year did four shootings occur in areas that were not typically hubs of youth violence?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1922.

9. Why does a lowered resilience and coping ability compound negative social influences?
(a) Because these factors combine to lower emotional response.
(b) Because these factors combine to lower self worth.
(c) Because these factors combine to increase anger.
(d) Because these factors combine to increase violence.

10. What has been found to lower as developmental threats accumulate?
(a) Body temperature.
(b) IQ.
(c) Blood pressure.
(d) Temper.

11. 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.

12. Why is parental abandonment particularly dangerous?
(a) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk for abuse.
(b) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of psychological issues.
(c) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of a lack of education.
(d) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of rejection.

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

14. In the study by Tolan and Guerra on effective treatments, what two aspects were emphasized?
(a) Behavioral rehearsal and practiced self worth.
(b) Cognitive restructuring and redevelopment of faith.
(c) Strong punishment and redevelopment of faith.
(d) Cognitive restructuring and behavioral rehearsal.

15. How has social policy contributed to youth violence?
(a) Social policy has increased public housing.
(b) Social policy has caused clustered public housing.
(c) Social policy has caused more poverty.
(d) Social policy has caused race battles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the most common parenting problem, according to the federal government?

2. What do young violent boys tend to show in terms of fear?

3. Why do many adults avoid teenagers?

4. Children who lack attachment abilities have difficultly learning ____________________.

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

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