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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the leading cause of death for young minority males?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Car accidents.
(d) Homicide.

3. What causes the most damage, in terms of risk factors for violent behavior?
(a) Having just one or two risks.
(b) Having two risk factors, but also having a support system.
(c) An accumulation of risks.
(d) Having one risk and no support.

4. What has developed in medium cities that has resulted in even more youth violence?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Racism.
(c) The same 'war zones' that exist in large cities.
(d) The same gangs that exist in large cities.

5. Why does Garbarino try to help others understand violent youth?
(a) Because he wants to rescue the person inside the violent youth.
(b) Because he wants to help people learn about themselves.
(c) Because he wants to rehabilitate society.
(d) Because he wants people to better themselves.

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

7. What can help a child who is abused overcome his/her tainted view of the world?
(a) A strong faith.
(b) A high IQ.
(c) A compensatory relationship.
(d) Medication.

8. 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 victims.
(c) The attorney only worried about the boys' crime, not his life.
(d) The attorney didn't care about the crime.

9. What is avoidant attachment?
(a) The relationship between child and caregiver where the child fears the caregiver.
(b) The relationship between child and caregiver where the child is violent toward the caregiver.
(c) The relationship between child and caregiver where the child rejects the caregiver.
(d) The relationship between child and caregiver where the child loves the caregiver.

10. What do these various options for early violent behavior often depend on?
(a) A willingness on the part of the child.
(b) An availability of social resources.
(c) A stable home environment.
(d) An end to any drug addiction.

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

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

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

14. 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 were white.
(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 Hispanic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most important in the effect of parents on children?

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

3. What did the Chicago Tribune publish in 1993?

4. How can adults help repair damage from disrupted attachments in children?

5. What does the author reveal about himself as he discusses difficult children?

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