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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Garbarino's interview of third graders in Illinois, how many believed they could get a gun if needed?
(a) One half.
(b) Three fourths.
(c) One in twenty.
(d) One third.

2. 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 big towns, and involved minority boys.
(b) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved white boys.
(c) They happened in big towns, and involved white boys.
(d) They happened in suburbs and small towns, and involved minority boys.

3. Having a history of criminal violence in the family makes one's chances of committing murder ___________________.
(a) Three times as high.
(b) Twice as high.
(c) Twice as low.
(d) Nine times as high.

4. Youths who participate in the drug economy or chronic theft have distorted __________________.
(a) Materialistic values.
(b) Concepts of self.
(c) Terminal thinking.
(d) Psychological images.

5. What keeps the soul from dying, according to Garbarino?
(a) A strong sense of self worth.
(b) A strong religious background.
(c) Temperament, resilience, love, and divine intervention.
(d) A resilience to suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is a favorite of the boys at the center?

2. Boys respond to risk factors with antisocial behavior, whereas girls respond with ___________________.

3. Why do abused children have a tendency to view the world differently?

4. What is one of the central controversies in child development, in terms of bad behavior?

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

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