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Are you a pushover?


Do you let people walk all over you or do you know how to stand up for yourself? Take our quiz and find out.


1. Your mother asks you to run an errand. You have been up since the crack of dawn finishing homework that needed handing in – and feel shattered. What do you say?
Not a word. You go and then later take it out on your little brother.

"Give me the shopping list." Then come back with some wrong items carelessly selected because you're overtired.

"I was up very early. Could this wait until tomorrow please?"
2. You buy a CD, but something is wrong with it. You go back to the shop and say:
"It's broken! Can't you people make CDs properly?"

"Could you swap it please?"

"Oops! I need to buy this CD again."
3. In the middle of helping your teacher with some simple classroom chores after school, you suddenly remember you are supposed to be meeting your younger sister. Your teacher puts pressure on you to do the tasks right now. What do you say?
"I'm sorry, but something urgent and important has come up. I'll make it up later."

"Oh. Okay, sorry. I'll do whatever you want."

"You can lump it. I'm off!"
4. Your lazy friend keeps asking to copy your homework. What do you do?
Resent it, but let her copy it.

Warn her that this is the last time.

Talk to her about how badly she's letting herself down.
5. Your neighbour keeps asking you to wash his car for him for free. You don't want to, but your polite refusals are simply ignored. What do you do?
End up losing your temper.

Repeat yourself like a broken record.

Wash the car
6. Your computer crashes and you lose unsaved work. What do you do?
Burst into tears, then start again.

Ask for help.

Furiously try and push the machine off the desk.
7. You are too tired to wash the dishes tonight even though it's your turn to help. Do you:
Suggest: "Can I do it tomorrow instead?"

Snarl: "I'm not doing it!"

Wash the dishes but risk breaking something.
8. When you're not getting along with your best friend, what do you do?
Act like an ostrich ? and bury your head in the sand.

Ignore her because how dare she treat you like this?

Talk to her about what's worrying both of you and try for a win-win outcome.
9. You casually mentioned to somebody at school that you were going for the last job vacancy at a clothing shop. You arrive to find she got there first – and took the place! Do you:
Explain what she's done to the shop manager?

Rant and rave at her to knock the smug smirk off her face?

Turn around and go home with your tail between your legs.
10. An acquaintance wants you to spill the beans on some gossip in your hockey team. You're not really sure you want to, so do you:
Go ahead and worry about it later?

Say you'll get back to her?

Tell her to go away and stop hassling you?

 

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