The writer was surprised that...a) people shared secrets with strangers; b) there are so many people; c) frienships are so difficult to find; d) people were thrown together by chance.
a) People shared secrets with strangers.
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The purpose of the SoulPancake event was to...a) try out a new kind of ball pit; b) find pairs of people who were alike; c) help people make contact; d) give people something fun to do.
c) Help people make contact.
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How were the people helped to get to know each other?
Some larger balls had questions or tasks designed to help people find out about each other.
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How did people react to the questions and tasks?
Although at first people were slightly anxious, they gradually felt more comfortable with each other (and exchanged personal stories and future expectations).
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Which task was most difficult to do? Why do you think this is?
The most difficult task was to find something they had in common because they were strangers and knew nothing about each other.
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According to the text, why do you think being in the ball pit was better than just sitting on a bench?
Because it had a game element to it and also because some of the balls contained questions and tasks to help participants shared stories and dreams.
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In the text, synonym of...gladly accepted (lines 4-8)
welcomed (line 8)
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In the text, synonym of...in an unplanned way (lines 9-15)
randomly (line 12)
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In the text, synonym of...laughing (lines 9-15)
giggling (line 14)
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In the text, synonym of...learning about (lines 16-24)
getting to know (line 17)
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In the text, synonym of...become comfortable with (lines 16-24)
