Quiz: Your Hope Quotient

1. Are completely despondent and sure you'll never again have a chance to go to Italy
2. Are disappointed but figure you can visit the country eventually
3. Start planning the same trip for next year

1. Things will most likely get better
2. Things will most likely get worse

1. You'll never find anything as good
2. There's got to be something out there
3. There's probably a job waiting for you that's even better

1. You know you'll get better with practice
2. You figure you should give up now since you clearly have no aptitude for it

1. Achieved in the way you've planned
2. Mostly achieved, or better goals will have supplanted them
3. Still out of reach

1. You'll never be that close with a new friend
2. You'll miss seeing her, but with phone and e-mail you'll be almost as close as ever
3. You'll miss her but will make other good friends

1. That your dreams for her are shattered
2. That you'll figure out a way to make it through, though you'll have to adjust your expectations for her
3. That, with effort, she can not only overcome the disability but be successful at whatever she does

1. The world is going to hell in a handbasket and we're all doomed
2. What we do to help others won't change the world, but we have to try
3. By making a difference in someone's life, we are healing the world