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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. When did the personalities begin keeping Billy asleep to keep him alive?
(a) When he tried to hang himself.
(b) When he tried to drown himself.
(c) When he tried to jump off the school roof.
(d) When he tried to slit his wrists.

2. In what prison was Milligan incarcerated before he was arrested for the rapes?
(a) Pickawaay.
(b) Dayton.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Noble.

3. At the time of Billy's trial, how many of Billy's personalities were known to psychiatrists, attorneys, police, and the media?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. How much older was Jimbo than Billy?
(a) 1 year and 10 months.
(b) 1 year and 8 months.
(c) 1 year and 4 months.
(d) 1 year and 2 months.

5. What was Ragan taking that put Billy's and everyone else's life in danger?
(a) Ecstasy, marijuana, and rum.
(b) Cocaine and whiskey.
(c) Acid and marijuana.
(d) Vodka, marijuana, and amphetamines.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how long did Ragen say that Billy had been asleep?

2. When Kevin joined some tough boys in a dirt-clod fight in Chapter 8 (9), which personality did he meet?

3. How many names were on a sheet of paper that one of the personalities gave to Dr. Caul in Chapter 6 (2)?

4. Which of Milligan's personalities was the only one allowed to handle guns?

5. In Chapter 7, when did Dorothy and Johnny have to take Billy to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ground rules did the writer of Billy's story set?

2. How did Keyes create a timeline for Milligan's story?

3. How did Arthur learn of the other personalities?

4. In Chapter 7, why was Johnny Morrison, Billy's birth father, having problems in 1955?

5. What happened when Milligan was put in a strait jacket in Chapter 1?

6. What was Athens Mental Health Center and the ward where Milligan stayed like?

7. Why did Billy decide to have someone write about his story?

8. In Chapter 1, (4), how did Milligan try to kill himself?

9. On March 12, 1978, why was Ragen the one to make the decision whether to wake Billy?

10. How did Johnny Morrison die?

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