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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. Why is Sybil sent home from college?
(a) She had a mental breakdown.
(b) She chooses to leave.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is kicked out of school.

2. What does Dr. Wilbur give Sybil?
(a) A chance to survive.
(b) Time away from her parents.
(c) Faith in herself.
(d) Hope that she will find some relief.

3. How old is Sybil in the summer of 1945?
(a) Seventeen years old.
(b) Twenty two years old.
(c) Nineteen years old.
(d) Twenty one years old.

4. What causes Sybil to cancel her appointment with Dr. Wilbur?
(a) Her husband commands her to stop going.
(b) She gets pneumonia.
(c) She does not think therapy is for her.
(d) She wants to go back to college.

5. Why does Hattie call her daughter Peggy Lou or Peggy Ann?
(a) She forgets Sybil's name.
(b) She wishes Sybil was someone else.
(c) She never liked the name Sybil.
(d) She had another daughter named Peggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willow Corners?

2. What can Dr. Wilbur sense?

3. After losing some time in the beginning of the section, Sybil is _ and _.

4. After Granny Dorsett died, who takes over Sybil's body when she is not at school?

5. What does Dr Wilbur encourage Sybil to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of case is Sybil's? Why is the author so excited to report on Sybil's case?

2. Name some activities that Hattie forced Sybil to partake in.

3. Explain what Willow Corners is to Sybil.

4. Why is Sybil hesitant to share more of her feelings and life with Dr. Wilbur?

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

6. As the novel begins, where does the reader find Sybil Isabel Dorsett?

7. As therapy escalates, how does Sybil feel about her life?

8. How do Sybil's parents question the validity of Dr. Wilbur's practice?

9. Describe the personality of Vicky.

10. What happens to Hattie when the Depression hits the United States?

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