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Are You a Drama Queen?

By Karen Newman

Are you a ball of drama waiting to happen? Or would it take an asteroid landing near your head to get a reaction out of you? Test your drama quotient.

1.	After studying, you get a 72 on your math test. How do you react?
		a.	"My life is over! How am I ever going to get into a good school with grades like this?"
		b.	You are disappointed but promise yourself you'll study harder next time.
		c.	"Whatever. Math was never my forte."

2.	Against your parents' wishes, you sneak out to go to a party where there isn't any parental supervision. Coming home you get totally busted and are forbidden to use the car for two weeks. You:
		a.	Throw a complete tantrum, making sure to scream that they are the worst parents ever.
		b.	Try to negotiate with them—pleading, begging, anything…
		c.	Figure kissing your crush was worth it, and call your friend for a ride in the morning.

3.	Which of the following is a catastrophe:
		a.	Not having anything to wear, despite having a closet full of clothing.
		b.	Not having anything to wear because your luggage gets lost.
		c.	Not having anything to wear because your house (and all its contents) burned down.

4.	During gym, you trip while running and scrape up your knee. You:
		a.	Start crying immediately, "Someone get help! Someone get help!"
		b.	Tell the teacher you are going down to the nurse to get cleaned up.
		c.	Get up and continue running. What's a little blood?

5.	Walking into a party, you generally:
		a.	Cause some kind of commotion—hello, grand entrée!
		b.	Start looking for your friends.
		c.	Try to slip in unnoticed.

6.	A nightmare is:
		a.	Breaking a nail. OMG, could anything be more annoying?
		b.	Tripping—right in front of your crush.
		c.	A scary dream.

7.	You're at the deli, and the clerk shortchanges you a dollar. You:
		a.	Ask him what kind of idiot he is, making sure everyone in the store hears you. It was bad enough he asked you twice whether you wanted skim milk or whole, but this? Ugh! Why must you constantly deal with such incompetence?
		b.	Politely tell him he only gave you $3 instead of $4.
		c.	Don't say anything. It would sound so cheap to ask for one measly dollar.

8.	Your English teacher asks you to stay after class to discuss a paper you wrote. Offering constructive criticism, she offers ways to improve it. What's your response?
		a.	"I can't believe you think I'm a bad writer. My teacher last year told me I was one of her top students, and I wrote PLENTY of papers for her."
		b.	You're a little disappointed because you thought it was a great essay, but you can see her point and make the changes.
		c.	You just nod. She's the teacher, she must be right.