"Help Giving" review

Which of the following characteristics of humanity is NOT highlighted in this text?

• Helping others

• Being a good friend

• Managing emotions when upset

• Being a good listener to others

Q1: PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?

• 1. People develop effective help-giving skills when they reach adulthood.

• 1. Sharing a friend's secrets is a breach of their trust and might end the friendship.

• 1. Teens are advised to avoid giving advice because they are not trained professionals.

• 1. Help-giving is an important life skill for teens to develop so that they can help friends who are struggling. 

Q2 Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• 1. "we need to learn how to recognize when it is time to address a problem, or share with a parent or trusted adult a difficult situation that our friends might be going through." (Paragraph 2)

• 1.  "Our connection with others undergoes an important change as we enter our late teenage years." (Paragraph 3)

• 1.  "there may be times when you've listened to a friend, and given them advice, only for them to tell you they're okay" (Paragraph 9)

• 1. "You might feel bad about going behind a friend's back to talk about their private struggles, and you might worry that you'll ruin a friendship by 'ratting them out.'" (Paragraph 12) 

Q3 What does the phrase "dealing with it" mean as it is used in paragraph 9?

• 1. participating in an activity

• 1. taking action to solve the problem

• 1. giving ownership to someone else

• 1.  distributing an item equally or fairly

Read the following sentence from the text "Help Giving".

1. "Sometimes, even when a friend tells you everything is okay, there's something - your intuition, your gut instinct- that tells you everything isn't okay.

What might the word "intuition" mean within the context of the text?

• inner conscience

• best guess

• consideration

• opinion

Q4: What is the author's purpose in paragraph 12?

1.  

• 1. to reassure readers to trust their instincts when deciding to help a friend

• 1. to argue the importance of telling an adult when a friend has a problem

• 1. to provide readers with steps for helping a friend in need

• 1. to persuade readers to respect the privacy of peers

Which of the following is not a suggestion in the article for how to give help?

• look for signs

• listen to others

• judge or berate others

• take actions