The Hours Behind a Friendship: teacher key

Making Friends, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. Researchers have tried to measure how long it takes to turn an acquaintance into a friend, and what kinds of time count. The story also covers the skills friendship depends on, and the habits that help a person get started.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. In the Kansas study, which kind of time counted more toward friendship?
   • Hours spent working together
   • Hours spent hanging out and joking around (answer)
   • Hours spent studying alone
2. What made the 6- and 7-year-olds feel better in the tower experiment?
   • An apology said twice
   • A gift from the other child
   • The other child helping rebuild the tower (answer)
3. Why is friendship called an investment?
   • Students who grew a friendship gave it much more of their time (answer)
   • Friends must pay each other back
   • Friendships always last for life
4. Which advice for joining a game came from the mothers who had the most socially skilled children?
   • Join in loudly so everyone notices
   • Watch first, then join in with something that fits (answer)
   • Ask the grown-ups to choose a game
5. What does the word amends mean?
   • Making things right after a mistake (answer)
   • A list of rules
   • A kind of game

Words

• acquaintance: slightly known
• investment: time given
• amends: making right
• introverts: need alone time