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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the selves do to heal?
(a) Listen to Dr. Wilbur.
(b) They must stop interfering.
(c) They must each work through their own traumas.
(d) Leave Sybil alone.

2. Why does Dr. Wilbur have to hire a lawyer?
(a) Mary tries to purchase a house.
(b) Sybil beats up Teddy.
(c) Sybil tries to kill Dr. Wilbur.
(d) Marcia gets her artwork stolen.

3. What is the worst part of Sybil's history?
(a) Her shyness.
(b) Her education.
(c) The abuse she received.
(d) Her inability to love.

4. What is unique about Sybil's case of multiple personalities?
(a) She is the only female to develop male personalities.
(b) Some personalities appear at the same time.
(c) She has developed more personalities than anyone else.
(d) The personalities know who Sybil is.

5. What does Sybil do to her cat in her dream?
(a) She pets it lovingly.
(b) She gives it away.
(c) She neglects it.
(d) She throws it into the river.

6. What is another aspect of her childhood that caused Sybil pain?
(a) Her father's neglect.
(b) Her relationships with other children.
(c) Her inability to connect with others.
(d) The Dorsetts' religious beliefs.

7. Who takes ascendancy of Sybil's body at the culmination of integration?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Vicky.
(c) Sybil.
(d) The Blonde.

8. Who of Sybil's relatives also showed signs of multiple personalities?
(a) Willard's cousin.
(b) Sybil's aunt.
(c) Hattie's youngest brother and sister's granddaughter.
(d) Sybil's uncle.

9. What does Dr. Wilbur hope will lay the foundation for integration?
(a) Aging themselves to Sybil's present age.
(b) Sybil meeting a man.
(c) Going on a drive with Sybil.
(d) Slowing eliminating the selves.

10. Who is the only person that can verify Sybil's accusations about her mother?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Willard.
(c) Grandma Dorsett.
(d) Priscilla.

11. What do the selves have conflicting views about?
(a) Church, God, love, and rituals.
(b) God.
(c) Love and relationships.
(d) Rituals related to religion.

12. When does Sybil Ann take over the body?
(a) At school.
(b) When Sybil encounters men.
(c) When Sybil is nervous.
(d) When things are too hard for any other personality to handle.

13. What does the cat, Capri, notice about Sybil?
(a) Capri likes certain selves better than others.
(b) Capri hates Sybil when she neglects her.
(c) Capri notices nothing. She is very selfish.
(d) Sybil does not have a cat.

14. What is the source of Hattie's mental state?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Physical Abuse.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

15. What could hinder Sybil's integration?
(a) Teddy's cuddling at night with Sybil.
(b) Not being about to meet with Dr. Wilbur.
(c) Living with her father.
(d) Sybil's insistence to go out with men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Sybil find comfort in while growing up?

2. How many brother and sisters did Hattie have?

3. When Sybil returns home to the Dorsetts, what is different?

4. Towards the end of the book, what does Sybil begin to wonder?

5. What is the difference between Sybil and "normal" people?

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