Stalking Quiz

Stalking Quiz

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Stalking Quiz

1.	Which of these is stalking?
	A stranger who makes you somewhat nervous crosses your path twice in one day
	A really nerdy guy calls you up for a date 4 times, though you have never gone out with him
	A man you went out with once refuses to understand that you don't want to see him again, and has been phoning you, sometimes dozens of times a day, for several months. His behavior frightens you.
	Someone you don't know drives slowly past your house twice every evening for a week

2.	Which of the following have stalkers been known to do?
	Send their target a bedpan
	Break into the homes of their victim's relatives
	Kill their victim's pet
	All of 1-3

3.	Stalkers are usually . . .
	Under 21 years old
	Male
	Mentally ill
	Strangers to their targets

4.	If you are the target of a stalker, you are probably . . .
	Male
	Female

5.	How many stalkers become violent?
	1%
	10%
	30%
	50%

6.	To determine whether a stalker will become violent, you should . . .
	Consult a professional, who will use a formula to determine your degree of risk.
	Determine whether the stalker has made threats or not.
	Find out whether the stalker is mentally ill.
	None of the above.

7.	If you are being stalked, should you get a restraining order?
	Yes
	No
	Maybe

8.	If you are a woman, your stalker is most likely to be . . .
	a stranger
	someone you work with
	a woman
	a (current or former) former husband or boyfriend

9.	Most women who are murdered by intimate partners are stalked by them first.
	True
	False

10.	Who do "celebrity stalkers" target?
	Movie and TV actors and actresses
	Company executives
	Political figures
	Radio personalities
	All of the above

11.	How can you find out more about stalking?
	Check out AWARE's special information on stalking.

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