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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Youth exposed to violence at home and in society are more apt to develop this, according to the fifth rule of violent boys' lives.
(a) Anger.
(b) Juvenile vigilantism.
(c) Dehumanization.
(d) Resentment.

2. Boot camps are places that use ____________________.
(a) Military type structure.
(b) Prayer and meditation.
(c) Prison institutions.
(d) School based structures.

3. Garbarino claims some boys seek out images of evil and become addicted to them as a way of responding to what?
(a) The resentment they feel inside.
(b) Social pressures to conform.
(c) The anger they feel inside.
(d) The emptiness they feel inside.

4. 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 a lack of education.
(c) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of psychological issues.
(d) Children in the care of non-biological relatives are at greater risk of rejection.

5. What does Garbarino claim anger is a representation of?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Low self worth.
(c) Fear.
(d) Distrust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been shown to increase obedience during infancy?

2. Maltreated boys are likely to be ______________________.

3. Institutional life for violent boys should communicate __________________.

4. What is low resting heart rate associated with, according to the study by Losel, Bender, and Bliesener?

5. What does psychiatrist James Gilligan believe most acts of violence are caused by?

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