Taking Responsibility Quiz

What is one way to take responsibility if you were goofing around and broke a friend's backpack?

• Ignore it and hope they don't notice

• Blame someone else

• Apologize and offer to repair or replace it

• Hide the broken backpack

How could you take responsibility if you were angry with a family member, threw a shoe at them, and broke a lamp?

• Pretend it never happened

• Apologize and offer to replace the lamp

• Blame the family member for making you angry

• Leave the room and avoid them

What should you do if you didn't study for a math test, failed it, and your team lost three basketball games because of it?

• Blame the teacher for the test

• Apologize to your team and promise to study harder

• Quit the basketball team

• Ignore the situation

If you were looking at a jar of applesauce in the grocery store, dropped it, and it broke, how could you take responsibility?

• Walk away quickly

• Tell a store employee and offer to pay for it

• Blame the store for having slippery floors

• Hide the broken jar

What is a responsible action if you were talking about your friend, she heard you, and is hurt?

• Deny you said anything

• Apologize sincerely and talk to her about it

• Blame her for eavesdropping

• Avoid her until she forgets

How could you take responsibility if you ate some leftover pasta you saw in the refrigerator and a family member is looking for it?

• Blame another family member

• Apologize and offer to make or buy more

• Pretend you didn't eat it

• Say you thought it was yours