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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 is the author adamant about?
(a) Dr. Wilbur is an imposter.
(b) The reader should not believe in multiple personality disorders.
(c) That the reader understand Sybil's story with no fabrication.
(d) Sybil is a liar.

2. What does Hattie to do the neighbor's bushes?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Keeps them nicely manicured.
(c) Defecates in them.
(d) Destroys them.

3. What is Willow Corners?
(a) A town in London.
(b) Sybil's current home.
(c) Where Sybil is born.
(d) A small town where the Dorsett's have a vacation home.

4. How long did it take the author to write the book?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 10 weeks.

5. What is Sybil to the other selves?
(a) Their mother.
(b) A house.
(c) A troublemaker.
(d) A problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Sybil's mother die?

2. What does Sybil's personality, Peggy, do in Dr Wilbur's office?

3. When does Sybil return to her own body?

4. What has changed about Hattie?

5. What does Dr. Wilbur realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the personality of Vicky.

2. What does Dr. Wilbur decide she must understand about Sybil's early life to cure her.

3. Explain what Willow Corners is to Sybil.

4. As far as Sybil's treatment is concerned, what do Sybil's parents mostly question her about?

5. How does Dr Wilbur make Sybil feel better about her condition?

6. Why do Sybil and Dr. Wilbur's sessions suddenly stop?

7. Explain Sybil's feelings concerning her meetings with Dr. Wilbur.

8. Describe Hattie's personality.

9. Describe Peggy Lou and how she is different from Sybil.

10. Why does Sybil choose to go home and be around her abrasive parents, after she has been going to college?

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