Which event is most likely to precipitate grief across a community?
a. A local bank is robbed twice in a single month
b. An adolescent shoots the principal of a local high school
c. The elderly pastor of the town's largest church dies of heart failure
d. Concrete pilings crumble in a bridge important to movement of local traffic
B
The correct response identifies an event likely to be perceived as a public tragedy. The distracters are occurrences that are more commonplace. They may precipitate concern but not grief.
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