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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Allan, the boy accused of stealing the drug dealer's gun, mean by being "on point"?
(a) He meant that he was made more aware of his surroundings.
(b) He meant that he was emotionally vulnerable.
(c) He meant that he was responsible for killing.
(d) He meant that he was frightened.

2. Why do violent boys appear arrogant, according to Garbarino?
(a) They are victimizing themselves.
(b) They are overcompensating for their low self worth.
(c) They are overcompensating for defensiveness.
(d) They are arrogant.

3. Behaviors that become self sustaining attain ______________________.
(a) Functional life.
(b) Functional autonomy.
(c) Functional organization.
(d) Functional stability.

4. Why is the morality of violent boys often primitive?
(a) It reflects what they have learned in their world.
(b) It reflects their vulnerability.
(c) It reflects what they see on TV.
(d) It reflects the animals they are.

5. How many teens in 1992 believed you could trust others?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Nineteen percent.
(c) Two percent.
(d) Seventy five percent.

6. An extreme lack of confidence in the future is called ___________________.
(a) Terminal thinking.
(b) End thinking.
(c) Angry thinking.
(d) Depressed thinking.

7. Some children are more affected by this than others, according to psychologist Leonard Eron.
(a) Emotional distress.
(b) Fear.
(c) Television violence.
(d) Low intelligence.

8. According to Garbarino, the presence of guns means __________________.
(a) There are more drugs.
(b) There are higher rates of poverty.
(c) There is more killing.
(d) There are more police.

9. Institutional life for violent boys should communicate __________________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Authority.
(d) Respect.

10. Neurologists refer to the process by which it takes less and less stimulation to set off an internal reaction as __________________.
(a) Kindling.
(b) Desensitization.
(c) Reactive.
(d) Wrongful reaction.

11. Trauma occurs when overwhelming ideas combine with ____________________.
(a) Overwhelming parental abuse.
(b) Overwhelming feelings.
(c) Overwhelming thoughts.
(d) Overwhelming peer pressure.

12. Character education supports a set of core values, or ___________________.
(a) Landmarks of success.
(b) Social triggers.
(c) Pillars of character.
(d) Social anchors.

13. Early recognition of this disorder, along with proper treatment, is the fifth line of defense.
(a) ADHD.
(b) RSV.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Conduct Disorder.

14. What was "Early Warning, Timely Response" supposed to help with?
(a) Dealing with violent youth.
(b) Responding to student threats.
(c) Dealing with broken homes.
(d) Responding to community needs.

15. What are violent children learning about adults in their lives at early ages?
(a) That adults are cruel.
(b) That adults cannot protect them.
(c) That adults are irresponsible.
(d) That adults are childish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is deadly petulance?

2. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

3. Perpetrator relocation is when the perpetrator is ____________________.

4. What is the tipping point for a peer group to flip from positive to negative?

5. MST stands for ____________________.

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