What do you do if

1) someone in a car pulls up beside you and asks for directions?

a) Go over to the car  b) Move away from the car – keeping your distance and run away if necessary

  b – Being taken to a 2^nd location is very dangerous.  If you go over to the car, someone might try to make you get in.

  2) someone in a car pulls up beside you and order you to get in the car at gunpoint?

a) Get in the car b) Run away as fast as you can in a zig-zag pattern

  b – see #1;  Also note:  people have been known to use fake guns as a threat, but NEVER assume the gun is fake – run, get out of the situation.  

3)you need to attract attention?

a)Yell fire b)Yell help

a) Often when people are playing they yell help – yelling fire is better.  Never joke around with this.  Only use this in a serious situation.

4) need to signal ‘SOS’ – the universal signal for help

a) Yell ‘SOS’ b) Make a signal pattern with a flashlight or a whistle

  b: with a flashlight or a whistle signal 3 short bursts, 3 long, and 3 short bursts

5) SOS was used by a boy who had been kidnapped to signal for help from the basement where he was being held

a)True   b)False

  a – the boy flashed the pattern with the overhead light; a neighbor kept seeing the pattern and called the police ^{1 1}

6) You can use chewing gum to prevent an abductor from putting the key in the ignition?

a) True  b) False

  a – Someone who had been abducted did this while the abductor got out of the car to get something.  The abductor then couldn’t drive away.  This caused attention and allowed the child to get away. ^{1 1}

7) Attacks only happen in the evening, when it is dark.

a) True  b) False

 b-False; attacks can happen any time of the day

(There are 2 answers for #8)
8) If a stranger approaches you and asks your name you

a) Must tell the truth  b) Don’t have to tell them – you can make up a name c) Run

 b & c – someone who is not a ‘safe’ adult does not need to know your name; keep safe distance – you can always just run away – the same goes for if someone is following you to your house – you can lie and say ‘No that’s not my house’

9) A student is harassing you at school.  You should:

a) not tell anyone b) only tell your friends c) tell a teacher or counselor and your parent

  c – Schools take these reports seriously

10) Someone is bullying you at school.  You should:

a) Ignore it b) Tell a trusted adult c) Go buy a gun to defend yourself

 b- Bullying doesn’t just stop when you ignore it and words can hurt just as much as physical attacks. You need to tell a trusted adult.  NEVER try to take care of the problem yourself by buying a gun out on the street.   

¹Missing – Stranger Abduction by Robert Stuber