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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julio represent?
(a) A success.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A lost cause.
(d) A failure.

2. Why does this development hit smaller cities even harder?
(a) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.
(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 everyone has a lower education.

3. What other type of violence has increased among young men?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Harm to animals.
(c) Rape.
(d) Suicide.

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

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 natural point.
(b) The dire point.
(c) The ending point.
(d) The tipping point.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garbarino claim is inside almost every violent teenager?

2. How do some boys become lost, even without purposeful abuse and neglect?

3. What does Garbarino see little difference in, in terms of psychological significance?

4. What does the author admit he is trying to do by writing this book?

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

(see the answer key)

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