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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 everyone has a lower education.
(b) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed
(c) There are fewer schools to send children to, so all are exposed.
(d) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.

2. Having a history of criminal violence in the family makes one's chances of committing murder ___________________.
(a) Twice as high.
(b) Twice as low.
(c) Three times as high.
(d) Nine times as high.

3. If a teen has been arrested, and has an already existing risk factor, the odds of the youth committing murder are ____________________.
(a) Lower.
(b) Twice as high.
(c) Three times as high.
(d) Nine times as high.

4. How many kids with negative and aggressive social maps become violent?
(a) Five percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Thirty five percent.
(d) Ninety percent.

5. Why do some children who are not abused become violent children?
(a) Their parents are antisocial.
(b) Their parents are often gone.
(c) Their parents are withdrawn, but not abusive.
(d) Their parents are bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. When bad behavior starts at this point, it is particularly worrisome.

2. What do young violent boys tend to show in terms of fear?

3. What is the name of center Garbarino helps run?

4. Why do many adults avoid teenagers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the four factors that help keep a young soul from dying?

2. What does Garbarino say about society's desire to punish violent youth?

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

4. In addition to negative social maps, what are two other links between abuse and child develop issues?

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

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

7. Explain the effect of the historical and cultural patterns of the South on the 'war zones' of larger urban cities.

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

9. Explain the three effects of living without a father on youth development.

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

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