Sexual · Question 48 of 100

What “Had a pregnancy scare?” means

Item 48 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had a pregnancy scare?”. Here is what the wording covers, where readers reasonably disagree about it, and exactly how much it moves your score.

Guidance written and reviewed 2026-07-26

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The full checklist is intended for adults aged 18 and over and includes explicit topics. You may leave any item unchecked, exit the test, or delete saved checks. An unchecked item is scored the same whether the experience did not occur or you preferred not to answer.

What the question is asking

Item 48 asks whether you have been through a pregnancy scare — a period of genuinely believing a pregnancy might have occurred when it had not. The item covers both people involved, so it applies whether the possible pregnancy would have been yours or a partner's.

Where people disagree about what counts

How much worry counts as a scare is undefined. A late period noticed and dismissed within an hour is read differently from a week of waiting and a test. Most takers set the bar at having genuinely considered the possibility seriously enough to act on it.

The test is self-scored and nobody else ever sees your answer, so the only thing that matters is applying one reading consistently across the whole checklist.

How item 48 fits with the items around it

Item 48 sits between anal sex at 47 and actual pregnancy at 49, and it is the near-miss version of the item that follows it. Its natural partner earlier in the list is item 27 on intercourse without a condom, and later on it is item 66 on buying contraceptives.

Item 47, before this one Had anal sex? Item 49, after this one Impregnated someone or been impregnated?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 48 subtracts one point from the starting score of 100. Leaving it unchecked subtracts nothing, and no item on the checklist is weighted more heavily than any other.

Final score = 100 − total checked boxes

The final number never identifies this answer or any other individual answer — it is a count, so it discards which items were selected the moment it is calculated. Read the full scoring guide or look up an exact result on the 0–100 score chart.

Questions about item 48

Does item 48 apply to both partners?

Yes. The item is written so that either person in the situation can check it.

How worried do I have to have been?

The checklist gives no threshold. Most takers require having taken the possibility seriously, rather than a passing thought that was immediately dismissed.

Do I check item 49 as well?

Only if a pregnancy actually occurred. Item 48 is the scare; item 49 is the outcome, and they are separate boxes.

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