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Escaping The Abuse of DV Trivia Quiz

Escaping the horrors of abuse is NOT an easy task. It takes a lot of planning and precision to escape one's abuser. This quiz help you in planning an escape from abuse and where to go. Please note: many of the questions are for the US only.

A multiple-choice quiz by frostwoman. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
frostwoman

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
95,017

Updated
Apr 30 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
13 / 15

Plays
9202

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: dennisbn (15/15), Guest 217 (14/15), Rumpo (15/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. The toll free phone number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline is ______ . Hint

1-866-NOABUSE (662-2873)

1-888-GOTTAGO (468-8248)

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

1-877-GETFREE (438-3733)

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Question 2 of 15

2. The US National Domestic Violence Hotline is available to victims' calls from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

True

False

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Question 3 of 15

3. What services does the National Domestic Violence Hotline provide? Hint

Crisis Counseling

All of these

The number to the nearest shelter

Referral numbers to other agencies that help battered women

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Question 4 of 15

4. Battered women's shelters provide _________ . Hint

All of these

Food, clothing, formula, diapers & personal hygiene items

Shelter & counseling for the victim & her children

Referrals to attorneys, job training, and jobs

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Question 5 of 15

5. The first place that an escaping victim should run to is her family or friends' homes.

True

False

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Question 6 of 15

6. When planning an escape, the victim should hide away Hint

Whatever money she can

School and medical records for the children (if any)

Birth certificate and SSN cards for herself and the children

All of these

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Question 7 of 15

7. Other things she should take with her in her escape are _________ Hint

Her recipe collection

Her new boyfriend's phone number

Her picture ID and any welfare or medical cards

Her wedding ring, if married

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Question 8 of 15

8. More things she should take with her in her escape are _________ Hint

Change of clothing for herself and her children

All of these

Divorce documents, if she has divorced the abuser

Children's favorite toys or blankets

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Question 9 of 15

9. Shelters are dirty, confusing places where women are left to deal with their DV issues on their own.

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. A victim should always tell her abuser that she is leaving him.

True

False

11. Important documents like drivers licenses, social security cards, birth certificates, divorce papers, welfare documents, etc. are irreplaceable and a victim and her children will not be accepted into a shelter without them.

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. A woman in shelter should tell NO ONE where she is, including her best friend and her mother.

True

False

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Question 13 of 15

13. If possible, the victim should make a paper trail of the abuse, such as ____________ Hint

Police reports

All of these

Medical records and photos of injuries

Order of Protection documents

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Question 14 of 15

14. Shelters make the residents do all the work and charge them for staying in the shelter. If they don't pay, they don't stay.

True

False

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Question 15 of 15

15. Most battered women's shelters cannot accept male children over the age of 13.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The toll free phone number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline is ______ .

Answer: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

1-800-799-SAFE (7233) is the toll free phone number to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

2. The US National Domestic Violence Hotline is available to victims' calls from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Answer: False

FALSE. The hotline is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including holidays.

3. What services does the National Domestic Violence Hotline provide?

Answer: All of these

All of these. This hotline has trained crisis counselors who can provide crisis counseling, the number to the victim's nearest shelter and other referral numbers to such agencies as the Battered Women's Resource Center.

4. Battered women's shelters provide _________ .

Answer: All of these

All of these. Shelters provide free shelter and counseling, food, clothing, diapers, formula and personal hygiene items for their residents and their children. They also may offer referrals to attorneys (some who work pro bono (free) for battered women), job training and employment.

5. The first place that an escaping victim should run to is her family or friends' homes.

Answer: False

FALSE. The homes of family members or friends are the LAST place a victim should run to when escaping from her abuser. Those are the first places he will look for her. Her safest bet is a shelter and if the abuser is a police officer or someone else who knows the location of the shelter, that shelter will transfer the victim and her children to another shelter, preferably far away from the nearest shelter location, but in the same state.

The reasoning for this is in case the abuser wants to make a federal case out of the victim leaving the state with their children.

6. When planning an escape, the victim should hide away

Answer: All of these

All of these. There is more. See next question.

7. Other things she should take with her in her escape are _________

Answer: Her picture ID and any welfare or medical cards

Her picture ID and any welfare or medical cards. She is going to need these things for job hunting or if she or her children require medical attention.

8. More things she should take with her in her escape are _________

Answer: All of these

All of these. Although not totally necessary, a change of clothes is useful, if the victim is divorced, then divorce papers are good things to bring and by having to uproot the children, it frightens them and their favorite toys or blankets give them a sense of security in a strange place.

9. Shelters are dirty, confusing places where women are left to deal with their DV issues on their own.

Answer: False

FALSE. Shelters are sometimes crowded and with little ones running around, they can be noisy, BUT they are clean and offer security and stability along with providing food, clothing, housing, and counseling to their residents and their children. The do have rules and do have a curfew for the women, but there are reasons for this in order to run the shelter efficiently and effectively and such rules are not unreasonable.

10. A victim should always tell her abuser that she is leaving him.

Answer: False

FALSE. A victim should NEVER let her abuser know that she is going to leave him. Violence can escalate rapidly if she does and murder is a very real possibility. She should try her best to keep things appearing 'normal' during her planning stages and she should leave when the abuser is gone out or at work quickly and quietly.

Answer: False

FALSE. These documents CAN be replaced and the shelter will help the victim get copies of what she needs. If she and her children, if she has any, arrive with nothing but the clothes on their backs, the shelter will accept them.

12. A woman in shelter should tell NO ONE where she is, including her best friend and her mother.

Answer: True

TRUE. It's best for the victim and her children's safety to let NO ONE know the location of where she is. If they don't know, they can't accidentally tell the abuser her exact location. Shelters provide pay phones in the shelter that have untraceable phone numbers to call her family and friends to tell them that she is safe, but shelter staff stress the importance of no one knowing her exact location.

13. If possible, the victim should make a paper trail of the abuse, such as ____________

Answer: All of these

All of these. If the victim, for instance a woman, takes her abuser to court for a divorce or any other reason related to abuse, police reports, medical records, photos of injuries and Orders of protection are all admissible in court and will strengthen her case against her abuse. It is no longer just her word against his.

14. Shelters make the residents do all the work and charge them for staying in the shelter. If they don't pay, they don't stay.

Answer: False

FALSE. Shelters do assign chores to the resident so as to keep the shelter running effeciently and effectively, but they do not charge for any service provided to battered women and their children. Shelters are 501(c)3 charitable non-profit organizations and receive funding through private and governmental funding.

15. Most battered women's shelters cannot accept male children over the age of 13.

Answer: True

TRUE. The reasoning behind this is that there are female children over the age of 13 there and it could cause serious complications if a teenaged boy impregnates one of the other residents' daughters. Other arrangements for boys over the age of 13 are highly encouraged, such as going to live with relatives while the mother is in shelter.

Source: Author frostwoman

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