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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 fewer schools to send children to, so everyone has a lower education.
(c) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed
(d) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.

2. What does Garbarino see little difference in, in terms of psychological significance?
(a) Murder and violent assault.
(b) Robbery and armed robbery.
(c) Suicide and murder.
(d) Domestic abuse and homicide.

3. What is low resting heart rate associated with, according to the study by Losel, Bender, and Bliesener?
(a) Abuse victims.
(b) Antisocial behavior.
(c) Avoidance personalities.
(d) Social behavior.

4. What is common among emotionally retarded boys?
(a) Animal cruelty.
(b) Suicide attempts.
(c) Social retardation.
(d) Intellectual retardation.

5. The term for the moment when a small change in the presence of a germ produces a big change in the rate of infection is _______________________.
(a) The tipping point.
(b) The natural point.
(c) The ending point.
(d) The dire point.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do 'war zone' areas have higher rates of youth violence?

2. What keeps the soul from dying, according to Garbarino?

3. What did some adults do in response to the announcing of the verdict in the Jonesboro trial?

4. What clothing item differentiates the levels of progress within the center?

5. Why does the author blame improved care of premature babies for part of the youth violence issue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the experience of depression, as felt by boys and men, and why it contributes to youth violence.

2. Explain Garbarino's stance on social conditions, and their relationship to youth violence.

3. Explain why Garbarino argues that medical technology is partially to blame for unreliable statistics on homicide rates.

4. Explain how disassociation can help lead to violence.

5. Explain why some abused children avoid these negative social maps?

6. Describe the concept of the tipping point.

7. What does the social biological perspective say about why children face different opportunities and risks for development?

8. Explain why suicides should be included in rates of youth violence.

9. Explain why the problem of youth violence changes as the problem spreads, and why 'war zones' are a prime area for the 'infection' of youth violence to foster.

10. Explain how this problem in small cities in magnified by the educational system.

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