Unit Nine: Personal Experiences

Lesson 1: It Really Hurts

Answer Key
A- 1. They didn’t accept him in their circle for he was too polite, well raised, skinny, and he
still had a childish side.
2. When the boy spoke about the writer’s mom and her situation, the writer practiced violence
on his predator.
3. His beliefs were confirmed when the teacher dragged him from the table angrily and threw
him into the principal’s office.
4. The writer’s attitude towards the predator is that he is cruel, mean and savage. His attitude
towards the teacher is that he is unfair, unjust and violent.
5. In paragraph 8 in the text under study in the underlined lines the writer compares his
experience in school to a crash into a train full of goods. Such an experience scattered his
personality and made him diffident, and it wasn’t easy to gain his confidence except after a long
time.
6. It’s undeniable that practicing violence never makes from someone a strong person or even
helps him avenge for his pride. A wise person solves his problems by common sense not
muscles.
B- 1- “It” in paragraph 2 refers to adapting to the new situation.
2- “it” in paragraph 5 refers to the surgery.37
3- “his” in paragraph 7 refers to one of the predators.
4- “it” in paragraph 8 refers to gathering the scattered body.
C- Extract A fits paragraph 9.
Extract B fits paragraph 7.
D- The percentages show that below the age 5 children are bullied too much, then the cases
show a considerable decrease from age 5 till 8 to witness a noticeable rise in the ages 9 and 10
while the percentage becomes negligible in the year 12. When age increases the percentage
decreases except for the year 9 when some children are violent while others are too vulnerable
to defend themselves.