you're going to respond to the most powerful word in that sentence, which is "terrified," and the answer is "Yes, I was" or "No, I wasn't."
"라고 물으면 여러분은 그 질문에서  가장 강렬한 단어인 '두려움'에 반응해서 "예"  혹은 "아니요"라고 대답하겠죠.