The Fight

The Scenario: Two friends are in a heated argument, and appear likely to come to blows. A crowd is starting to gather. You would:

Get between the two of them and try to diffuse the situation. Because they are both your friends, they are unlikely to strike each other if they have to go through you to do it. You don't want your friends to embarrass themselves in front of the growing crowd.

Try to calm them down but also try to get the crowd to move back and give them room in case they do come to blows.

Yell "Fight! Fight!" and draw more people to the situation. Call out strategy to both friends. (You want people to see you are not the type of person who plays favorites; you're an equally good friend to both.)

Stand back from the fight area and look around for something else. The fight is probably a diversion staged by your "friends" (What is a friend?) to stop you from discovering something in the area.

Pick your own fight with the biggest, nastiest person you can find in the crowd. Your friends will forget their own fight and unite to rescue you.

Click on the arrow to go to the next question.

Copyright © 1998 by Richard Warren Field

Our thanks to Free Images for the use of their number button on the test-question pages.

Back to the MASTER LIST OF QUESTIONS (includes directions on taking the test)