True or False
Friendship Basics
Self-Disclosure & Shared Interests
How Rumors Start
Why Rumors & Gossip Happen
The Impact
100

A rumor is a ...

True

100

This trait is about being reliable and there for your friend when you nee you.

What is support?

100

This is what builds as you feel safer sharing real things about yourself with a friend.

What is trust?

100

This is what Lucy saw Betty doing after Betty talked to David, which led Lucy to start guessing.


Correct response: What is crying?

100

Sharing information — even about others — can feel like a way to connect or fit in.


Correct response: What is social bonding?

100

How others perceive you can shift quickly because of a rumor — fairly or not.


Correct response: What is reputation?

200

Gossip is ...

True

200

This trait means treating each other as equals- a two-way, balanced relationship.

What is Equality?

200

Sharing personal information a little at a time, rather than all at once.

What is gradual mutual sharing?

200

This person first turned a guess (“I think they broke up”) into gossip by telling a friend.


Correct response: Who is Lucy?

200

Spreading something negative can be a way to undermine a rival.


Correct response: What is jealousy or competition?

200

Friendships and trust can be strained or lost because of this.


Correct response: What is relationships?

300

Lucy told Tony that she saw Betty crying after talking with David and is wondering if they broke up. Tony told Victoria that David and Betty broke up. 

Rumor or no rumor 

Rumor

300

This trait means sticking with a friend over time and staying loyal.

What is Commitment & Loyalty?

300

This can happen if you reveal too much, too soon, in a new friendship.

What is oversharing / revealing too much too soon?

300

This person ended up receiving false condolences about a breakup that never actually happened.


Correct response: Who is Betty?

300

Information gets distorted as it’s retold, without any bad intent.


Correct response: What is misunderstanding?

300

Being the target of a rumor can raise anxiety, stress, and self-doubt — affecting this.


Correct response: What is mental health?

400

Can you believe that Betty was crying over David?

Rumor or Gossip?

Gossip

400

This trait means being able to keep secrets and count on each other to tell the truth.

What is Honesty & Trust?

400

Betty and Lucy are shown having this exact hobby in common, involving a camera.



Correct response: What is photography?

400

According to the lesson’s title, this is the number of rumors it can take to cause real damage.


Correct response: What is one (“just one rumor”)?

400

A rumor may be started deliberately, to get back at someone.


Correct response: What is revenge or conflict?

400

A rumor can make social spaces feel unsafe or isolating, damaging this sense of fitting in.


Correct response: What is belonging?

500

Define rumor

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500

This trait means being able to repair the friendship after a disagreement instead of ending it.

What is conflict Resolution?

500

Besides trust, name two things self-disclosure fosters, according to the lesson.


Correct response: What are respect and mutual understanding?

500

Instead of assuming and spreading a guess, this is the healthier first step Lucy could have taken.


Correct response: What is asking/checking in with Betty directly?

500

Gossip can feel exciting or dramatic, especially in a group.


Correct response: What is boredom / entertainment?

500

This is something you can never completely do to a rumor, no matter how hard you try.


Correct response: What is disprove it?