OCTOBER 2014

Directions: After reading “Friendfluence!” on pages 11–15 of this issue of Choices, click or fill in the bubble next to the best answer for each question below.

1. At which age is your resistance to peer pressure lowest?

A 12

B 13

C 14

D 15

2. Teens’ brains are biologically primed to seek _______________________ from peers.

A money

B approval

C attention

D food

3. According to the article, what spreads like chicken pox among groups of friends?

A bad behaviors

B great ideas

C happiness

D anger

4. How can you tell your friends you want to try out for the musical when they’re expecting you to try out for basketball with them?

A Offer them a bribe to accept your decision.

B Give them a carefully constructed excuse why you can’t play basketball.

C Use humor to break the news about your decision.

D Tell them someone else is making you do it.

5. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are often portrayed as rivals, but they had a long friendship filled with _______________________.

A respect and communication

B practical jokes

C animosity and anger

D boring conversations

6. According to one study, what’s the #1 thing kids feel peer-pressured into doing?

A drinking and doing drugs

B getting a driver’s license

C dieting

D graduating from high school

Friendfluence!

DIRECTIONS: Write your answers in the space below each question. Use complete sentences.

7. How did friendfluence lead to the creation of the Impressionist movement in art?

8. What is a toxic friendship?

9. When must you always do what’s right and speak up?

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