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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the morality of violent boys often primitive?
(a) It reflects what they see on TV.
(b) It reflects their vulnerability.
(c) It reflects what they have learned in their world.
(d) It reflects the animals they are.

2. What does the author admit he is trying to do by writing this book?
(a) Make sense of youth violence.
(b) Make sense of grief.
(c) Help the victims of youth violence.
(d) Help heal youth.

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

4. What does the term 'bad seed' imply?
(a) That someone is diseased.
(b) They someone is born bad.
(c) That someone is taught bad behaviors.
(d) That someone is not rehabilitative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for those who are amoral in psychiatric terms?

2. Why does Garbarino believe the nation took notice of cases such as those of Michael Carneal, Mitchell Johnson, and Andrew Golden?

3. How has social policy contributed to youth violence?

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

5. What do these various options for early violent behavior often depend on?

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