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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joan tell the therapist about during their first session?
(a) She talked about her relationship with her mother, focusing on her early childhood.
(b) She talked about her relationship with her father and told the story of his death.
(c) She talked about her marriage.
(d) She talked about her relationship with her sister.

2. What did Joan think about therapists?
(a) She stayed away from them because she didn't trust them.
(b) She found them to be a quick fix to problems.
(c) She had been in therapy for as long as she could remember.
(d) She felt that they were fine for some people, but not for her.

3. How did Jo feel about hypnosis?
(a) She thought it was a great idea.
(b) She was terrified of it.
(c) She had tried it many times before so it didn't upset her.
(d) She had ambivalent feelings towards it.

4. How did Lynn feel about all the different personalities?
(a) She felt as if she didn't have time to deal with them all.
(b) She was overwhelmed by the number of them.
(c) She viewed them as individuals and was fond of them.
(d) She liked some of them and resented the others.

5. How did Joan feel about the other students in the waiting room at the therapist's office?
(a) She related to them when they came out of the offices all shaken up and crying.
(b) She declared that she would never be like them.
(c) She felt resentment towards them.
(d) She felt extreme pity for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Missy think about the disorder?

2. As Joan began to see that she might have Multiple Personality Disorder, what else did she realize?

3. What happened to the personalities after Christmas of 1981?

4. What is Renee's character like?

5. What happened when Isis tried to get Ms. Maloney's attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Renee stand in regards to suicide at the beginning of the book, and then after a few weeks of therapy with Lynn?

2. Who were Jo and Isis' romantic interests in high school?

3. What happens when Joe tried to undergo hypnosis?

4. Six months into the treatment, what was happening to the personalities? How did this make Renee feel in regards to control?

5. How was Lynn different from other therapists that Renee went to see, and why did she continue treatment?

6. How was Renee's relationship with Steve evolving?

7. What was significant about the watch Jo received as a birthday present?

8. Why did Renee decide to go for psychiatric treatment?

9. What were the three categories that Renee split the personalities into?

10. After meeting with Dr. Wilbur, what does Lynn think about her own therapeutic approaches?

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