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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does this development hit smaller cities even harder?
(a) There are more schools to send children to, so only the poorest are exposed
(b) There are fewer schools to send children to, so teachers are overworked.
(c) There are fewer schools to send children to, so everyone has a lower education.
(d) There are fewer schools to send children to, so all are exposed.

2. What did Julio become in prison?
(a) A gay man.
(b) A monster.
(c) A leader.
(d) A monk.

3. How long has the author been studying violent youth?
(a) Twenty five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Fifty years.

4. What else is an important factor in youth violence?
(a) How kids act around peers.
(b) How kids think and feel about religion.
(c) How kids act around adults.
(d) How kids think and feel about the world.

5. Why does Garbarino believe the nation took notice of cases such as those of Michael Carneal, Mitchell Johnson, and Andrew Golden?
(a) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved white boys.
(b) They happened in big towns, and involved white boys.
(c) They happened in big towns, and involved minority boys.
(d) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved minority boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Garbarino try to help others understand violent youth?

2. What has developed in medium cities that has resulted in even more youth violence?

3. What does Garbarino say is true about the middle class, white killers of the modern age?

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

5. What is the name of the game children in 'war zone' neighborhoods play with blocks?

(see the answer key)

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