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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael note his brother Robert showed that made him unlikable?
(a) Aggressive tendencies.
(b) Violent tendencies.
(c) Antisocial tendencies.
(d) Submissive tendencies.

2. Garbarino says that at risk populations don't cause the epidemic, they _____________________.
(a) Don't care, so they don't fight the infection.
(b) Have too many issues to combat one more.
(c) Are more ripe for infection.
(d) Have too few adults to combat the issues.

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

4. Rejected children are at a higher risk for __________________.
(a) Psychological problems.
(b) Physiological problems.
(c) Educational problems.
(d) Social problems.

5. What happened to Malcolm's girlfriend?
(a) She died giving birth.
(b) She was killed as a prostitute.
(c) She was shot and killed.
(d) She was arrested for drug possession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often the result of emotional disassociation?

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

3. What did Julio become in prison?

4. What keeps the soul from dying, according to Garbarino?

5. What has increased along with youth violence in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what researchers Patrick Tolan and Nancy Guerra discover are the most effective treatments for delinquency and criminally violent youth.

2. Explain why Garbarino calls these violent youth 'lost boys'.

3. Explain 'Conduct Disorder', and why it is a useful, but dangerous, label.

4. Explain the tie between neurological problems and violence, and why Garbarino blames, again, medical technologies for the rise in neurological issues in children.

5. Explain negative social maps, and how they develop.

6. Explain how disassociation can help lead to violence.

7. Explain why Garbarino sees little difference between murder and violent assault.

8. Explain why some abused children avoid these negative social maps?

9. What are some of the risk factors for youth violence?

10. Explain the four ways adults in a community can help repair the damage done by disrupted parental relationships.

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