Question

making the right choices
7 its important to understand how to make the right choices - keep the good things about peer pressure and get rid of the bad. choosing the right friends might be the most important factor. remember that its the quality of friendships, not the quantity, that really counts. high - quality friendships lead to higher life satisfaction and better mental health. do your friends make you feel better or worse about yourself? do they bring you down? do your actions when youre with your friends make you feel better or worse about yourself? its important to ask yourself questions like these to be sure youre hanging out with a good crowd.
8 hasan, it turns out, has found a solid group of friends. when he firmly explained to them that revealing intimate details about nickys life would violate nickys trust, they understood. hasans friends proved themselves to be positive influences that day. and hasan and nicky are still close friends and part of a great group of peers.
question 3
what is the main idea of paragraphs 7 - 8?
a hasans friends understood his decision to protect nickys privacy.
b asking yourself if your friends lift you up or bring you down is helpful.
c peer pressure can have both positive and negative effects.
d choosing the right friends is key.

Explanation:

To find the main idea of paragraphs 7 - 8, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Paragraph 8 talks about Hasan's friends understanding his decision, but paragraph 7 focuses on choosing the right friends in general, so A is not the main idea of both paragraphs.
• Option B: Paragraph 7 mentions asking yourself about friends, but paragraph 8 is about Hasan's friends being positive influences, so B doesn't cover both paragraphs.
• Option C: The paragraphs are about making choices regarding friends to get good peer pressure and avoid bad, not just about peer pressure's effects. So C is not accurate.
• Option D: Paragraph 7 emphasizes that choosing the right friends is the most important factor, and paragraph 8 gives an example of Hasan having good friends. This option covers the main idea of both paragraphs.

Answer:

D. Choosing the right friends is key.