Mini Soap Operas

So the other day we took a 200 question mock MBE test. For six hours. It was like a delirious bad dream. I think the MBE people give us questions like this just so we feel like our lives aren't too bad...that, or their other passion is bad tv.

"Matt and his friend Fred were watching a football game at Matt's home when they began to argue. Fred became abusive*, and Matt asked him to leave. Fred refused, walked into the kitchen, picked up a knife, and said he would cut Matt's heart out.** Matt pulled a gun from under the sofa,*** walked to his front door, opened it, and told Fred to leave.**** Fred refused. Instead, he walked slowly toward Matt, brandishing the knife in a threatening manner.*****
Matt, rather than running out the door himself,****** shot in Fred's direction, intending only to scare him.******* However, the bullet struck Fred, killing him instantly."********


My Thoughts While Reading This:
* Are they lovers?
** I tell my friends this every day
***Good place to leave a gun
****I think something bad is going to happen
*****How could brandishing a knife while walking slowly toward someone NOT be threatening, especially after you just told them you were going to cut out their heart?
******Matt=Rambo
*******Yes, very believable
********I thought I saw Fred on Jerry Springer