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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Milligan's personalities is the only one who smokes cigarettes?

2. Where did Dr. George remember in Chapter 3 that a patient hung himself in prison after learning he was a multiple personality?

3. What grade was Billy in when he remembered being abused for the first time by Chalmer?

4. Who gave Dorothy Turner permission to tell Judy Stevenson about Milligan's multiple personalities?

5. How many personalities did Sybil have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Milligan was transferred to Harding, what did Arthur reveal about Billy?

3. In Chapter 2, what did David tell psychologist Dorothy Turner about himself and the others?

4. In a deposition, what did Dorothy Moore, Milligan's mother say she would testify if called?

5. Why was Milligan arrested in Chapter 1?

6. How did Dr. Caul learn about other personalities than the ten?

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

8. How did Johnny Morrison die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Keyes uses in The Minds of Billy Milligan? How do these analogies help readers understand people, events, or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What are some of the settings in The Minds of Billy Milligan? How do these settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Before the writer began interviewing Billy, he put some ground rules into place. Why was it necessary to have ground rules before the writer began interviewing Billy?

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