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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. What did some adults do in response to the announcing of the verdict in the Jonesboro trial?
(a) Threatened to kill themselves.
(b) Threatened to kill the young male perpetrators.
(c) Threatened to blow up the prison.
(d) Threatened to kill one another.

2. What is the name of the game children in 'war zone' neighborhoods play with blocks?
(a) Gangland.
(b) Funeral.
(c) Death.
(d) War.

3. What two patterns of fathers are common in the history of violent boys?
(a) An absent father and an abusive father.
(b) An abuse father and a loving father.
(c) An abusive father and a strict father.
(d) An absent father and a loving father.

4. What does Garbarino claim anger is a representation of?
(a) Low self worth.
(b) Fear.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Sadness.

5. Why is parental abandonment particularly dangerous?
(a) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of psychological issues.
(b) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of a lack of education.
(c) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk for abuse.
(d) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of rejection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the accumulation approach to developmental threat show us about success?

2. What often begins the spiral of depression, anger, and violence in teenage boys?

3. What is the leading cause of death for young minority males?

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

5. How many homicides are there in the U.S. each year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Garbarino calls these violent youth 'lost boys'.

2. Explain negative social maps, and how they develop.

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

4. Explain why Garbarino sees little difference between murder and violent assault.

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

6. Describe the concept of the tipping point.

7. Discuss what happened in 1998 that made the world take notice of youth violence.

8. 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.

9. Explain what the Chicago Tribune did in 1993 - 1994, and what Garbarino's son's reaction was to his father's concerns.

10. Explain the tie between neurological problems and violence, and why Garbarino blames, again, medical technologies for the rise in neurological issues in children.

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