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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garbarino claim we think when we ask if violent youth have any morals?
(a) He believes most think they have morals, but don't follow them.
(b) He believes most think they have morals, but are confused.
(c) He believes most think they have morals.
(d) He believes most think they have no morals.

2. What percentage of American kids have been found to be in need of professional mental health intervention?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

3. The eighth line of defense is teaching mediation, conflict resolution, and peer counseling in ___________________.
(a) Grade school.
(b) High School.
(c) Middle school.
(d) College.

4. These traits are "hallmarks" of adolescence.
(a) Arrogance and violence.
(b) Altruism and solid faith.
(c) Decision making and good communication.
(d) Impulsiveness and self centeredness.

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

6. Violent boys usually follow a predictable pattern of ____________________.
(a) Abuse.
(b) School development.
(c) Antisocial acts.
(d) Bully behavior.

7. These can help young boys develop a positive sense of self.
(a) Love and kindness.
(b) Empathy and apathy.
(c) Care and concern.
(d) Spirituality and love.

8. Finding a way to make something positive out of life is _____________________.
(a) Generativity.
(b) Positivism.
(c) Active coping.
(d) Materialism.

9. The sixth line of defense against violence is violence prevention and reduction programs ___________________.
(a) During high school.
(b) During middle school.
(c) During elementary.
(d) During college.

10. Children are fundamentally ________________.
(a) Conservative.
(b) Sexist.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Racist.

11. Perpetrator relocation is when the perpetrator is ____________________.
(a) Relocated to a less toxic environment.
(b) Relocated to family members.
(c) Relocated to work farms.
(d) Relocated to state prisons.

12. Youths who participate in the drug economy or chronic theft have distorted __________________.
(a) Terminal thinking.
(b) Materialistic values.
(c) Concepts of self.
(d) Psychological images.

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

14. Harry Stack Sullivan said, "Human behavior is more simply ______________________."
(a) Godly than otherwise.
(b) Stupid than otherwise.
(c) Human than otherwise.
(d) Animalistic than otherwise.

15. Garbarino claims some boys seek out images of evil and become addicted to them as a way of responding to what?
(a) Social pressures to conform.
(b) The emptiness they feel inside.
(c) The anger they feel inside.
(d) The resentment they feel inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. This disease is one caused by trauma.

2. Neurologists refer to the process by which it takes less and less stimulation to set off an internal reaction as __________________.

3. What is the term for the identifying line of those we feel morally obligated to?

4. What did the two boys in Gloverville have in their car that they drove around for several days?

5. What do children use to measure the danger around them?

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