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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Juvenile vigilantism.
(c) Dehumanization.
(d) Resentment.

2. Spiritual support can buffer against ___________________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Depression.

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

4. What does Garbarino call the new social math?
(a) When children realize they have a less likely percentage of survival in a gang.
(b) When children realize they have a more likely percentage of survival joining a church group.
(c) When children realize they have a more likely percentage of survival in a gang.
(d) When children realize they have a less likely percentage of survival than those in higher classes.

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

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

7. According to General S.L.A. Marshall, resilience is not:
(a) Lasting.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Futile.
(d) Absolute.

8. The human impulse to focus on the legacy we leave behind for future generations is called __________________.
(a) Terminal thinking.
(b) Generativity.
(c) Generational thinking.
(d) Legacivity.

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

10. In a negative social environment, vulnerable children should be understood as __________________.
(a) Demons.
(b) Social outcasts.
(c) Social asthmatics.
(d) Little boys.

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

12. What did the two boys in Gloverville have in their car that they drove around for several days?
(a) A dead bird.
(b) A kidnapped victim.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A stray dog.

13. Many extremely violent boys have experienced trauma to ___________________.
(a) Their souls.
(b) Their brains.
(c) Their spirits.
(d) Their legs.

14. To help children make better moral choices, adults can help youths develop _________________.
(a) Empathy.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Businesses.
(d) Talents and goals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What key part of moral thinking are violent boys typically missing?

2. These traits are "hallmarks" of adolescence.

3. What is the second task, according to Garbarino's political agenda to stop youth violence?

4. What are violent children learning about adults in their lives at early ages?

5. What does Garbarino claim that boys, because of masculine socialization, feel an intense pressure to be?

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