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People & Feelings

6 questions · Four answers, and only one is true. Can you spot it?

1. Question 1 of 6

   

   Why do we have friends?

   • A So that we always have someone to play with
   • B Because we are told to make friends
   • C Together, people feel happier and safer
   • D So we are not alone at school
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   • A Playing is one part; helping and sharing are just as much of it.
   • B Nobody has to be told to enjoy company.
   • C Friends play, help, share and listen — and laughing together sets off tiny happy helpers in the brain.
   • D Friendships stretch far beyond one place.

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2. Question 2 of 6

   

   How do feelings work?

   • A Messages from your brain about what is happening
   • B They happen when we choose to have them
   • C They come from the heart
   • D Only grown-ups really have them
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   • A Naming a feeling makes it easier to handle, and at least six of them are shown with the face all over the world.
   • B A feeling arrives whether you choose it or not; what you do next is the choice.
   • C We say it that way, but the messages come from the brain.
   • D Everyone has feelings, from the very smallest baby.

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3. Question 3 of 6

   

   Why is every person different?

   • A Because everybody wants to be different
   • B Because we live in different countries
   • C Because we all eat different food
   • D Part your family, part everything you live
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   • A Much of it was decided before you could want anything.
   • B People in one street are all different too.
   • C Food changes some things, but not the whole of you.
   • D Even identical twins, who share their genes, have different fingerprints.

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4. Question 4 of 6

   

   Why do we laugh?

   • A Only because something is funny
   • B To be polite to other people
   • C Our body's happy answer to a surprise
   • D Because we cannot help copying other people
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   • A People laugh from relief and from nerves too.
   • B A real giggle bursts out before you can decide anything.
   • C And it draws people together: it leaves you calmer and happier, and is far easier in company.
   • D Copying does spread a giggle, but the first one had to start somewhere.

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5. Question 5 of 6

   

   Why do we feel scared sometimes?

   • A Because we are tired
   • B Fear is the body's alarm
   • C Because something bad is definitely about to happen
   • D Because we are not brave enough
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   • A Being tired can make it stronger, but fear has its own job.
   • B It gets us ready to be careful or to get away: your heart speeds up and your eyes open wider.
   • C An alarm can go off when there is nothing there.
   • D Everybody feels it, brave people most of all sometimes.

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6. Question 6 of 6

   

   Why do we dream?

   • A Dreams are things that will really happen
   • B Because we sleep in an uncomfortable position
   • C Someone puts them into our head
   • D The sleeping brain sorts through memories
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   • A A dream is made of yesterday, not tomorrow.
   • B You dream in the comfiest bed there is.
   • C They are made inside your own brain.
   • D It mixes them into little films, mostly in the stage called REM, when your eyes flick about behind closed lids.

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