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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Terrance Real's work showed that emotional blockage in violent boys is partially a result of ________________.
(a) Improper socialization.
(b) American culture.
(c) World norms.
(d) A lack of respect.

2. What is the term for the identifying line of those we feel morally obligated to?
(a) Moral circle.
(b) Moral line.
(c) Moral limit.
(d) Moral square.

3. The monastery approach focuses on ____________________.
(a) Order and anger.
(b) Contemplation and reflection.
(c) Power assertion and structure.
(d) Confrontation and dominance.

4. How many levels are there in the Kohlberg's system for moral intellect?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

5. What is the primary cause of neurological impairment in boys who are particularly vulnerable to learning violent patterns of behavior?
(a) Falls.
(b) Accidents.
(c) Birth defects.
(d) Child maltreatment.

6. Recidivists are those who ________________________.
(a) Those who never go to prison.
(b) Are sent back to prison after release.
(c) Never return to prison following release.
(d) Those put on probation after release.

7. What is the term used to signify, among other things, the ability to read emotions of others?
(a) Emotional response.
(b) Emotional intelligence.
(c) Emotional ability.
(d) Emotional stability.

8. What key part of moral thinking are violent boys typically missing?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Regret.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Sympathy.

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

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

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

12. Maltreated boys are likely to be ______________________.
(a) Ignorant of all social cues.
(b) Hyper vigilant to negative social cues.
(c) Hyper vigilant to positive social cues.
(d) Ignorant of negative social cues.

13. Youth exposed to violence at home and in society are more apt to develop this, according to the fifth rule of violent boys' lives.
(a) Anger.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Dehumanization.
(d) Juvenile vigilantism.

14. What do children use to measure the danger around them?
(a) The thoughts of public figures.
(b) The feelings of siblings.
(c) Their own thoughts and emotions.
(d) The reaction of those around them.

15. What causes a breakdown of child protection?
(a) Adults who teach children proper morals.
(b) A lack of understanding.
(c) Peer pressure to violate norms.
(d) Adults who teach children incorrect moral beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do violent boys appear arrogant, according to Garbarino?

2. What generates an "intolerability of existence", according to Gilligan?

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

4. These traits are "hallmarks" of adolescence.

5. Learning about the destruction of human bodies is __________________.

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