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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to General S.L.A. Marshall, resilience is not:
(a) Lasting.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Absolute.
(d) Futile.

2. What is amoral?
(a) Being without any morality.
(b) Being conflicted by morality.
(c) Being too filled with morality.
(d) Being confused by morality.

3. In addition to family rejection, what other aspect of life can cause a feeling of alienation in the life of violent youth?
(a) Sexism.
(b) A breakup of the family.
(c) Racism.
(d) Poverty.

4. Positive parenting practices stimulate _____________________.
(a) Healthy physical development.
(b) Healthy child development.
(c) Healthy psychological development.
(d) Healthy relationships.

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

6. The weakness of this trend may not always be apparent, but does little to help in crisis.
(a) Psychology.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Political activism.

7. Behaviors that become self sustaining attain ______________________.
(a) Functional stability.
(b) Functional organization.
(c) Functional autonomy.
(d) Functional life.

8. How many moral systems do most have?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

9. Spiritual support can buffer against ___________________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anger.
(d) Anxiety.

10. Children are fundamentally ________________.
(a) Sexist.
(b) Racist.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

11. What does Garbarino claim that boys, because of masculine socialization, feel an intense pressure to be?
(a) Tough and powerful.
(b) Kind and considerate.
(c) Tender and sweet.
(d) Abusive and cruel.

12. Garbarino believes adults should protect children from degrading, dehumanizing, and desensitizing imagery by _____________________.
(a) Minimizing their exposure to gangs.
(b) Minimizing their exposure to violent movies, games, and television.
(c) Minimizing their exposure to books.
(d) Minimizing their exposure to peers.

13. A lack of positive purpose is one of the consequences of _____________________.
(a) Abuse.
(b) Early violence.
(c) Early social issues.
(d) Early abandonment.

14. The term used in the book for the negative elements of the social environment that contaminate children is ___________________.
(a) Social toxicity.
(b) Social pressure.
(c) Social bias.
(d) Social relations.

15. What is deadly petulance?
(a) A sense of pressure.
(b) A sense of arrogance.
(c) A sense of pain.
(d) A sense of religious intent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some children are more affected by this than others, according to psychologist Leonard Eron.

2. The eighth line of defense is teaching mediation, conflict resolution, and peer counseling in ___________________.

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

4. How many teens in 1992 believed you could trust others?

5. These traits are "hallmarks" of adolescence.

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