DO YOU GET UPSET?

Print out this test and choose
which of the options below is
most like you. Then check the scoring table below. 

1

Your boss tells you to get to work on time or lose your job. You...

a.

buy a book entitled, A Thousand Excuses that Work.

b.

find a job with more agreeable hours.

c.

buy a new alarm clock.

2

When the bus comes, it is so crowded you cannot get on. You...

a.

move ahead full-speed.

b.

tell yourself: "Soon there will be another bus."

c.

hit the windows and yell violently.

3

It is 02:00 am and your infant son will not stop crying. You...

a.

remind yourself that parenting is about patience and gently rock him.

b.

ignore his crying and cover your ears.

c.

feed him until he is exhausted.

4

There is not enough money to pay the electric bill. You...

a.

borrow money from a relative.

b.

call the electric company and try to arrange a payment plan.

c.

run wires in from a neighbour’s house.

5

You wait more than an hour at the Post Office. Then, they tell you that you do not have the right papers. You...

a.

cry.

b.

head for the nearest bar.

c.

ask them to write down what you need.

SCORING

1

a. 2

b. 6

c. 10

2

a. 6

b. 10

c. 2

3

a. 10

b. 2

c. 6

4

a. 6

b. 10

c. 2

5

a. 6

b. 2

c. 10

WHAT IT MEANS

31-50

What is that over your head? A halo? Keep up the good work.

19-30

Sometimes you get upset when things go wrong. Count to ten.

10-18

You get so angry, you are liable to do anything. Watch yourself, talk to someone who will listen.

entitled: named, which has the title of (titulado)
crowded: full of people (atestado, lleno de gente)
yell violently: scream, shout with violence (gritas desaforadamente)
infant son: baby (bebé)
will not stop crying: goes on crying (no para de llorar)
parenting: being a parent (la paternidad)
gently rock him: move him back and forth or sideways (lo acunas, lo meces delicadamente)
exhausted: satisfied and tired out (satisfecho y cansado)

electric bill: electriciy expenses (la factura de luz eléctrica)
borrow: ask for (pides prestado)
run wires in: bring an electric wire from outside (traes un cable eléctrico de la casa vecina)
head for: (colloquial) go to (te diriges a)
halo: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint (aureola)
keep up: go on, continue (sigue, continúa)
count to ten: count up to number 10 (cuenta hasta diez)
you are liable to: you have a tendency to (que tiendes a)