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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 Allan, the boy accused of stealing the drug dealer's gun, mean by being "on point"?
(a) He meant that he was made more aware of his surroundings.
(b) He meant that he was emotionally vulnerable.
(c) He meant that he was responsible for killing.
(d) He meant that he was frightened.

2. What percentage of American kids have been found to be in need of professional mental health intervention?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifty.

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

4. What is the tipping point for a peer group to flip from positive to negative?
(a) When all the positive persons leave.
(b) When all the positive persons stand against the negative.
(c) When the majority is negative.
(d) When the majority is positive.

5. What is deadly petulance?
(a) A sense of pain.
(b) A sense of religious intent.
(c) A sense of arrogance.
(d) A sense of pressure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino call the new social math?

2. In a negative social environment, vulnerable children should be understood as __________________.

3. Institutional life for violent boys should communicate __________________.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Garbarino's monastery method?

2. What are the four breakdowns of childhood protection that Garbarino discusses in the book?

3. What is resilience? Explain what the study done by psychologist Pat Tolan shows in terms of how things can overcome resilience.

4. What is a moral circle, and how does this affect violent teens?

5. What is the debate on the role of government and public institutions in child development?

6. What is Garbarino's belief about what is involved in a complete rehabilitation program for violent boys?

7. What are the two types of trauma, and why is one worse than the other?

8. Explain trauma, and why and how the learning of human fragility can be traumatic.

9. What is the zone of proximal development?

10. What is social support, as a foundation for resilience, and what are the two dimensions of social support?

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