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title: Sam is scared: fear is normal — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 366 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Sam is scared: fear is normal

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 366 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby». Fair?

- **1.** No, Sam dropped them on purpose — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Yes, Sam should've thrown the beans right at Jake's face — no support
- **3.** No, fear makes anyone jumpy, it's not babyish — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, only babies get scared — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 284, line 6: «A boy in Ohio took a dare to jump from a garage roof onto a trampoline; he missed the edge and broke both wrists, and spent the summer in casts.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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Jake: «gate. 3:15. you're dead». What should Sam do with that?

- **1.** Tell a teacher or his mum before home time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** Laugh it off and forget it — no support
- **3.** Keep it secret so nobody calls him a grass — score 7
- **4.** Turn up at the gate and just get it over with — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 362, line 7: «If you see something online that scares or upsets you, tell a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t2/)

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### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3}

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«just hit him back, Sam, then he'll leave u alone innit». Best answer?

- **1.** OK, but only if he hits me twice — no support
- **2.** OK, I'll hit him first tomorrow — no support
- **3.** No, I'll tell an adult and stay away from him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** I'll bring my big brother tomorrow to do it for me — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 362, line 7: «If you see something online that scares or upsets you, tell a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «trusted adult» (+3); the same action «tell» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t3/)

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### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4}

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Grandad, grumpy: «In my day lads didn't get scared». What's true?

- **1.** Everybody gets scared, then and now — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Children were braver in the old days — no support
- **3.** Grown-ups were never scared at school — no support
- **4.** Only modern children feel fear — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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«mum i've got a tummy ache again, can i stay home» — 3rd Monday running. What's probably going on?

- **1.** Something at school is worrying him and he needs to talk — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He just likes Mondays at home — no support
- **3.** He has eaten beans every Sunday and they make him ill — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** He has a serious illness only on Mondays — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 264, line 1: «A regular evening routine — bath or shower, pyjamas, teeth, reading, then lights off at the same time — helps you fall asleep and feel fresh at school, and kee…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «monday» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol». Who's being sensible?

- **1.** The lifeguard, for letting them laugh — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The boys, because everyone must jump — no support
- **3.** Nobody, because swimming trips are pointless anyway — no support
- **4.** Sam, for not jumping when he wasn't ready — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Teacher: «Sam, you've read nothing all afternoon. Anything wrong?» What's best for Sam to say?

- **1.** «Nothing, I'm fine, Miss» — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** «No, Miss, I'm just thick» — no support
- **3.** «Jake's dead after school, Miss» — no support
- **4.** «Jake said he'd get me at the gate, I'm scared» — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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wasp on ur sandwich, everyone screaming. what's the move

- **1.** Scream and wave your arms about until it goes — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Slap it hard with your hand — no support
- **3.** Blow on it till it flies off — no support
- **4.** Stay calm and slowly move the food away — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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«I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone». What does a dream like that usually mean?

- **1.** You need new pyjamas — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Something is worrying you a lot — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** You really want to fight — no support
- **4.** It's going to happen for real at school tomorrow — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«does ur dad ever get scared?» What's most likely true?

- **1.** Only in films — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, grown-ups get scared too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No, adults never feel fear about anything — no support
- **4.** Only if they're cowards — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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Mum: «You've gone the long way round all week, love. Why?» Best answer for Sam?

- **1.** Say nothing at all and quickly change the subject — no support
- **2.** Say the bus shelter is haunted — no support
- **3.** Say he likes walking further — no support
- **4.** Tell her about the boys at the bus shelter — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 362, line 7: «If you see something online that scares or upsets you, tell a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the emotion of fear in children of primary school age?

- **1.** It is confined to children who are unwell or otherwise of a nervous disposition — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** It is an indication of deficient character — no support
- **3.** It is absent in those of a courageous disposition — no support
- **4.** It is a normal response experienced by every person — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 313, line 13: «Never pretend to be hurt, missing or in danger as a joke; it causes real fear and can waste emergency services' time.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «joke» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal physiological manifestations of fear as observed in the pupil hereinafter referred to as Sam.

- **1.** A reduction in heart rate together with marked drowsiness — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** An accelerated heartbeat and a tightened stomach — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Improved concentration upon reading matter — no support
- **4.** An increase in appetite and calmness — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Given that a pupil has been summoned by another pupil to «meet at the gate» after school, identify the most appropriate course of action.

- **1.** To feign illness on every subsequent school day — no support
- **2.** To inform a teacher or parent on the same day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** To attend the meeting in order to resolve matters — no support
- **4.** To recruit additional pupils to retaliate — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 366, line 12: «A threat like «meet me at the gate» should be told to a teacher or parent the same day.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between fear and courage.

- **1.** Courage is the complete absence of fear — no support
- **2.** Courage consists in acting rightly notwithstanding fear — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Fear and courage cannot exist together — no support
- **4.** Courage requires the acceptance of every dare that is offered — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 315, line 7: «You do not have to accept a dare; your health matters more than proving anything.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «accept» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/e4/)

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- ← previous: [365. Confession, prayer and making amends at church](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/)
- next →: [367. Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/)
- ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)