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WorksheetsYouth Empowered to Speak (YES) Participant Assessment
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Each of the following is an example of violence EXCEPT:
A classmate shows up to your class with their friends and threatens to jump you after school.
A guy tells his girlfriend (in front of their friends) that she would look better if she lost a few pounds.
A young woman watches her friend text her boyfriend repeatedly during class.
A guy and a girl are fooling around and get very close to having sex. The girl says “stop” but the guy does not listen and continues.
Which of the following is a sign of a healthy relationship?
Sharing all passwords
Willing to compromise
Yelling and calling your partner names only when you’re mad
Deciding who your partner sees or talks to
One of the ways that you can help prevent violence is being a responsible bystander. What is a responsible bystander?
Someone who avoids conflict
Someone who jumps into a physical fight to break it up
Someone who says you’re sorry after you hurt somebody
Someone who witnesses an event and does something to help
All of the following are types of relationship abuse EXCEPT:
Physical
Sexual
Emotional
Environmental
Jack and Stephan are best friends, and are meeting up after school to play basketball. Stephan gets there early. While he’s waiting, he notices that across the park that Jack and his girlfriend, Jasmine, are arguing. He sees Jack shove Jasmine into the wall of the handball court, and walk away. In the above situation, who is the bystander?
Jack
Stephan
Jasmine
There is no bystander
What is victim blaming?
When the victim blames their friends and family for their experiences
When the victim gets blamed by others for getting into their unsafe situation
When the perpetrator is blamed for their actions by the victim
When the bystander points out who the victim and the perpetrator are
Which of the following is a supportive statement to say to someone who has experienced abuse?
The abuse is not your fault
You can leave at any time
You have to call the police
Your got yourself into this – you can get yourself out
The following are examples of healthy coping skills EXCEPT for:
Listening to music loudly by yourself
Drawing or writing in a journal
Sleeping or resting
Taking drugs to feel better
Which of the following is an example of empowerment?
Feeling sad and choosing to not tell anybody
Choosing to speak up about being treated unfairly
Choosing to forgive an enemy
Encouraging your friend to get over being hurt
What is NOT a positive way to speak out?
Writing an anonymous blog about your experience
Becoming a peer leader and helping other students
Telling the teacher or principal about what is going on
Getting a friend to help you get back at the person who hurt you
Which of the following is NOT true about trauma?
A person reacts to traumatic experiences physically, psychologically, behaviorally and spiritually
Trauma affects not only a person, but also his/her/their friends and family
Trauma impacts adults more than it impacts children
Bystanders are impacted by violence and abuse
Things that you can do that decrease the likelihood that you will be a victim of violence are called?
Coping skills
Safety strategies
Self-defense skills
Empowerment strategies
If you are being hurt by a dating partner, and you want help, you could:
Keep it to yourself
Hurt the person back
Forgive and forget
Tell someone you trust
You have the power to do all EXCEPT:
Be heard
Help a friend
Make changes in your school
Control others
You can do all of the following at Margaret’s Place, EXCEPT:
Talk to a counselor about problems
Get legal advice
Get involved in issues affecting your school
Take a break
The ability to overcome struggles and misfortune is called:
Resilience
Cycle of violence
Coping Skills
Empowerment
