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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprised Garbarino about his experiences with the prosecuting attorney?
(a) The attorney didn't care about the law.
(b) The attorney only worried about the boys' crime, not his life.
(c) The attorney didn't care about the crime.
(d) The attorney only worried about the victims.

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

3. Which is the most common parenting problem, according to the federal government?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Abandonment.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Mental abuse.

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

5. What does the author reveal about himself as he discusses difficult children?
(a) His brother was a difficult child.
(b) He doesn't like working with difficult children.
(c) He was always well behaved.
(d) He was a difficult child.

6. What is compartmentalization?
(a) The tendency to avoid emotional attachment.
(b) The tendency to put feelings such as fear out of consciousness.
(c) The tendency to disassociate from emotions.
(d) The tendency to put feelings such as fear in the forefront.

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

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

9. What keeps the soul from dying, according to Garbarino?
(a) A resilience to suffering.
(b) A strong sense of self worth.
(c) Temperament, resilience, love, and divine intervention.
(d) A strong religious background.

10. What did Josh mean when he asked his father to note the color and names of those in the newspaper?
(a) He was referring to the fact that most were black or Hispanic.
(b) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper had odd names.
(c) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were white.
(d) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were Hispanic.

11. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.
(a) The natural point.
(b) The dire point.
(c) The tipping point.
(d) The ending point.

12. When bad behavior starts at this point, it is particularly worrisome.
(a) Adolescent onset.
(b) Adult onset.
(c) Child onset.
(d) Any onset.

13. 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 rejection.
(d) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of a lack of education.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The term for feeling constantly ashamed, disgraced, humiliated, and worthless is ____________________.

2. What two patterns of fathers are common in the history of violent boys?

3. What is one of the central controversies in child development, in terms of bad behavior?

4. What causes the most damage, in terms of risk factors for violent behavior?

5. What does the accumulation approach to developmental threat show us about success?

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