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After a friendship breaks

Personal & Social Development · Friendship & Cooperation · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. How do you separate a one-off from a pattern?

    • By how loud the last row was
    • By what happened before, not by how bad it felt
    • By asking strangers
  2. What are the three options after a serious rift?

    • Shout, gossip, or hide
    • Repair it, keep it smaller, or end it
    • Wait, hope, or move school
  3. What does a real apology do?

    • Names the harm, skips excuses, says what will change
    • Blames others smoothly
    • Promises gifts
  4. What points toward shrinking or ending a friendship?

    • One owned mistake
    • Denial, blame shifting or a repeat performance
    • A single late reply
  5. A friend owns a thoughtless mistake and changes after. What fits best?

    • Public fallout
    • Silent grudge
    • Repair
  6. Keeping a friendship smaller means announcing the demotion loudly.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. A friend apologises grandly each time yet repeats the same hurt. What should you conclude?

    • Words alone rebuild trust
    • You misheard every time
    • It is a pattern, so shrink or end it
  8. After the talk, what matters most for the decision?

    • Their promises during it
    • Their behaviour after it
    • Their popularity
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Answer key

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  1. By what happened before, not by how bad it felt · History decides, not the heat of the moment.
  2. Repair it, keep it smaller, or end it · Three honest paths stay open after a break.
  3. Names the harm, skips excuses, says what will change · Short, specific and forward looking is what counts.
  4. Denial, blame shifting or a repeat performance · Those answers show the pattern will continue.
  5. Repair · An owned one-off with change invites repair.
  6. False · Downgrading is quiet: fewer plans and less confiding.
  7. It is a pattern, so shrink or end it · Five dramatic apologies with repeats bury trust.
  8. Their behaviour after it · Actions after the talk cast the deciding vote.
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