The Terror: A Memoir

A "Took me until I was sophomore in high school-yes, that long-before I finally found it in me to start facing my terror."

B "They would jeer at me and occasionally throw rockls, but even if they weren't chasing me in the flesh, they sure were chasing me in spirit."

C "But sometimes I like to think that if that beat-down didn't happen, I might have had an easier time of it."

D "So I locked up the whole miserable affair deep inside. I thought that would help, but avoidance only seemed to give it more strength."

A "My first real beat-down, and I was furious and ashamed, but above all else I was afraid."

B "Afraid of my assailants. Afraid they would corner me again."

C "An awful withering dread that coiled around my bowels-that followed me into my dreams."

D "I guess I should have told someone, but I was too humiliated."

A respect for the brothers and their "no fear" attitude.

B an acceptance of how he will be afraid from now on.

C insight about the inner strength it took to face his fears.

D the ability to avoid the brothers from now on.