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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 was Jo's main goal for therapy?
(a) No amnesia.
(b) She had an eating disorder she wanted to get rid of.
(c) To learn to get along with other people.
(d) She wanted to stop smoking.

2. How did Jo react when Lynn suggested that she listen to the tapes of the therapy sessions?
(a) She thought it was a wonderful idea.
(b) She didn't want to listen to the tapes.
(c) She destroyed the tapes.
(d) The idea of listening to herself scared her.

3. What happened to Jo's suicidal impulses when she started meeting with Lynn?
(a) They disappeared.
(b) They were sporadic.
(c) They increased right before each visit.
(d) They grew stronger.

4. By the middle of August, how often did Joan have sessions?
(a) They met every weekday afternoon.
(b) Seven days a week.
(c) Three times a week.
(d) Once a month.

5. What did Joan think about her thoughts of jumping out the window?
(a) She thought there were better ways to die.
(b) She was horrified and was scared to be alone.
(c) She thought it would show Keith how much she needed him.
(d) She thought it was common.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Renee feel about Lynn's time with the other personalities?

2. How did Jo feel about the possibility that her father abused her?

3. What did Jo decide to do when she visited Richmond and her father's grave?

4. When Lynn persuades Joan to come back for another visit, which characters does she visit with?

5. What happened when Jo decided to be the person that she felt Lynn wanted her to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What would happen to the different personalities before leaving for graduate school?

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

4. What did Renee think about Jo?

5. What roles did the personalities play in getting through life?

6. Describe Jo's relationship with her parents.

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

8. Why did Lynn want to talk with Dr. Cornelia Wilbur?

9. Describe how Renee came into being.

10. Renee knew that she was contradicting herself as she talked to the therapist. How did she react to the contradictions, and how did Lynn react?

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