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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Julio represent?
(a) A failure.
(b) A lost cause.
(c) A success.
(d) A tragedy.

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

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

6. Garbarino says that at risk populations don't cause the epidemic, they _____________________.
(a) Have too many issues to combat one more.
(b) Are more ripe for infection.
(c) Don't care, so they don't fight the infection.
(d) Have too few adults to combat the issues.

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

8. What is Garbarino trying to point out throughout these chapters, in terms of the cause of aggressive behaviors?
(a) Only biological triggers are important.
(b) Everything must be taken in context.
(c) Only peer structure is important.
(d) Only the family unit is important.

9. 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 a lack of education.
(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 psychological issues.

10. What did Julio become in prison?
(a) A monster.
(b) A monk.
(c) A gay man.
(d) A leader.

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

12. 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 are copy cat killers.
(d) They too show an accumulation of risk factors.

13. What do young violent boys tend to show in terms of fear?
(a) An abnormal level of fear.
(b) A high level of fear.
(c) A level of fearlessness.
(d) A lack of understanding for fearful situations.

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

15. What does Garbarino claim anger is a representation of?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Distrust.
(c) Fear.
(d) Low self worth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothing item differentiates the levels of progress within the center?

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

3. Having a history of criminal violence in the family makes one's chances of committing murder ___________________.

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

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

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