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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some traits that put a child at risk for becoming aggressive?
(a) High activity level and a lack of fear.
(b) High activity level and a lack of boredom.
(c) High activity level and a genius intelligence.
(d) High activity level and increased fear.

2. How many teenagers report they could obtain a gun within an hour?
(a) One third.
(b) One fourth.
(c) Two thirds.
(d) Three fourths.

3. What is often the result of emotional disassociation?
(a) Shyness.
(b) A lack of intelligence.
(c) Social avoidance.
(d) Repressed anger.

4. 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 all in the paper were Hispanic.
(b) He was referring to the fact that most were black or Hispanic.
(c) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper had odd names.
(d) He was referring to the fact that all in the paper were white.

5. Having a history of criminal violence in the family makes one's chances of committing murder ___________________.
(a) Three times as high.
(b) Nine times as high.
(c) Twice as high.
(d) Twice as low.

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

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

8. How did an end to segregation allow for the growth of youth violence?
(a) An end to segregation allowed the white classes to leave the minority behind.
(b) An end to segregation allowed minorities into the school systems.
(c) An end to segregation allowed the middle class minorities to move from the ghetto.
(d) An end to segregation allowed the lower class to spread.

9. 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.

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

11. Why does the author blame improved care of premature babies for part of the youth violence issue?
(a) These children have higher rates of disease.
(b) These children have higher rates of neurological issues.
(c) These children have higher rates of drug addiction.
(d) These children have higher rates of abuse.

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

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

14. What other type of violence has increased among young men?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Harm to animals.
(c) Rape.
(d) Robbery.

15. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?
(a) The people have broken families.
(b) The people are impoverished.
(c) The people are uneducated.
(d) The people have higher buildups of risk factors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the study by Tolan and Guerra on effective treatments, what two aspects were emphasized?

2. Why do abused children have a tendency to view the world differently?

3. What population has the highest rate of truancy?

4. What did Julio become in prison?

5. What is avoidant attachment?

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