Quiz – How Prepped Are You?
So you want to know how prepared you are, eh? If you are already living in your survival homestead, it’s a good bet you’re ready for what’s coming down the pike. If you’re still making preparations, maybe this will help you determine how far along you are – and where you might need to beef up.
- 1. Storage Food
- A1. (-30 points) What Storage Food?
- A2. (0 points) My Neighbor has some.
- A3. (20 points) I have two cases of Dinty Moore Beef Stew & whole bunch of Raman Noodles
- A4. (100 points) I have two years of storage foods and have a garden
- 2. My Family’s Attitude Toward Prepping
- A1. (-30 points) What Family?
- A2. (0 points) They already think I’m a tin foil hat wearing nut job
- A3. (20 points) I watch Preppers on TV, hoping my family notices
- A4. (100 points) We have discussed it and everyone is on the same page
- 3. I plan on Bugging out
- A1. (-30 points) When I hear gun fire in my neighborhood
- A2. (0 points) When the TV tells me to
- A3. (40 points) When they declare a Banking Holiday
- A4. (100 points) Bug out? – I’m already gone.
- 4. I was planning on getting a gun and learning how to use it
- A1. (-30 points) When I hear gun fire in my neighborhood
- A2. (-10 points) Why come I need guns?
- A3. (0 points) I already know how to use my 50 cal, my AK, my SKS, my .22 pistol, my .357 Magnum – and I can’t wait to use them
- A4. (100 points) I know a gun is a tool and I know how and when to use mine for defense and hunting.
- 5. Chickens are part of my self sufficiency plans
- A1. (-30 points) The closest I get to Chickens is at KFC
- A2. (0 points) Chickens? Is that where eggs come from?
- A3. (30 points) I’m planning on getting some someday
- A4. (100 points) They roam the yard and we eat their eggs and meat
- 6. My mind set on survival is
- A1. (-30 points) I don’t think about it much, with it being football season and all
- A2. (0 points) I’ll have another beer and a bowl and hope everything will be OK
- A3. (20 points) It keeps me awake at 3am. I know I have to do something at some point
- A4. (100 points) It’s what I work on a little bit everyday
- 7. My bug out bag contains
- A1. (-30 points) What bug out bag?
- A2. (0 points) Guns, a brick of C4, nunchucks, Rambo knife, condoms
- A3. (10 points) Dinty Moore Beef Stew and Fresca – but no can opener
- A4. (100 points) I’m already bugged out and don’t need a bug out bag
- 8. First Aid Kits, Meds & Herbs
- A1. (-30 points) What first aid kit? What meds?
- A2. (0 points) I’m sure those nice people at the FEMA camp will help me if I need it
- A3. (10 points) I’ve got a box of band-aids and aspirin in the upstairs bathroom
- A4. (100 points) My First Aid kit is full and I know how to use it!
- 9. Water Storage
- A1. (-30 points) What water storage?
- A2. (0 points) I have 3 cases of BPA bottled water in the basement
- A3. (20 points) I have a Lifestraw, so I’m all set!
- A4. (100 points) My survival homestead has a well/stream/river/lake etc.
- 10. Money
- A1. (-30 points) What money?
- A2. (-20 points) I have 100 oz silver and gold bars in my safe
- A3. (-10 points) I have lots of money and can buy my way out of anything
- A4. (100 points) I have already used my money to become self sufficient
- 11. Power
- A1. (-30 points) I get all the power I need from Red Bull!
- A2. (0 points) I have power as long as I pay the electric bill
- A3. (20 points) I’m going to look into that soon
- A4. (100 points) I’m already off the grid and operating on solar/wind/water power!
- 12. Shelter
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- A1. (-30 points) I live in my parents’ basement – it’s nice there
- A2. (10 points) I have a sleeping bag somewhere
- A3. (20 points) I have an RV packed and ready to go
- A4. (100 points) I have built a house from natural resources at my survival retreat
Bonus Question:
- What am I planning to survive though?
- A1. (-30 points) Whatever happens, happens and I’ll do what they tell me to.
- A2. (-20 points) Aliens are going to come from out of the sky and pick me up – I only have to survive long enough for them to find me
- A3. (50 points) Economic collapse, war, famine, radiation accidents, solar flares, pole shift and maybe Planet X
- A4. (100 points) I have decided to live a better way of life, regardless of what does or doesn’t happen “out there”
Scoring:
Minus anything to 99: Go back to sleep, Dear. You’re just having a bad dream.
100 to 499: You know something’s up, you know you have to take some action, but you haven’t done enough research to know what to do about it.
500 to 899: You’re obviously on your way. Keep going.
900 to 1300: Congratulations! We’ll see you on the other side!