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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.
(a) Physiological problems.
(b) Social problems.
(c) Psychological problems.
(d) Educational problems.

3. How many homicides are there in the U.S. each year?
(a) 2,300.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 230,000.
(d) 230.

4. What does Garbarino accuse people of not wanting to do, when it comes to violent youth?
(a) Understand them.
(b) Incarcerate them.
(c) Punish them.
(d) Listen to them.

5. Why does this development hit smaller cities even harder?
(a) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed
(b) There are fewer schools to send children to, so everyone has a lower education.
(c) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.
(d) There are fewer schools to send children to, so all are exposed.

6. The term for feeling constantly ashamed, disgraced, humiliated, and worthless is ____________________.
(a) Constant shame.
(b) Permanent shame.
(c) Chronic shame.
(d) Toxic shame.

7. What is disassociation?
(a) A disconnection from parental guidance.
(b) A disconnection from reality.
(c) A disconnection from emotions to avoid pain.
(d) A disconnection from society.

8. How many kids with negative and aggressive social maps become violent?
(a) Twenty percent.
(b) Five percent.
(c) Thirty five percent.
(d) Ninety percent.

9. What does Garbarino see little difference in, in terms of psychological significance?
(a) Robbery and armed robbery.
(b) Domestic abuse and homicide.
(c) Murder and violent assault.
(d) Suicide and murder.

10. What can happen in these early instances of violence in young boys?
(a) The issue can be harmless.
(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 seen and treated immediately.

11. What else is an important factor in youth violence?
(a) How kids act around peers.
(b) How kids act around adults.
(c) How kids think and feel about the world.
(d) How kids think and feel about religion.

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

13. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?
(a) They are not truly violent.
(b) They are spoiled.
(c) They too show an accumulation of risk factors.
(d) They are copy cat killers.

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

15. What phrase does Garbarino use to explain the way the nation reacts to situations, based on color and socioeconomic status?
(a) Race and color bias.
(b) Economic and class bias.
(c) Class and color bias.
(d) Class and race bias.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can help turn the tide for violent boys, according to research by Kellam?

2. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?

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

4. What surprised Garbarino about his experiences with the prosecuting attorney?

5. What is the name of center Garbarino helps run?

(see the answer keys)

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