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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the personalities after Christmas of 1981?
(a) There was increased trust, and new personalities were coming out.
(b) Most of them hid from Lynn.
(c) They started arguing with each other.
(d) They turned against Renee.

2. What is Renee's character like?
(a) She watches over all the other characters as if it's a stage production.
(b) Flirty.
(c) She is the little girl that likes being touched, but is afraid of talking.
(d) She is a real advocate for her mother.

3. What did Lynn do after Christmas when Jo called and said she loved her?
(a) She told Jo she was out of town.
(b) She told Jo that it wasn't proper in a therapist/client relationship.
(c) She invited Jo to her house.
(d) She thanked her then hung up.

4. As Joan began to see that she might have Multiple Personality Disorder, what else did she realize?
(a) Her phobias had causes.
(b) Lynn had the same disorder.
(c) She didn't fit into society.
(d) She couldn't hold a job.

5. Joan knew that she would stop seeing Lynn in a few weeks. How did this make her feel?
(a) She was frustrated with herself for letting herself become attached to the therapist.
(b) She decided that maybe she should continue seeing Lynn longer than she usually saw therapists.
(c) She thought maybe she should break off the sessions sooner.
(d) She was looking forward to the break.

6. What personality emerged and began hitting her head against the wall?
(a) Renee.
(b) Josie.
(c) Jo.
(d) Isis.

7. How did Joan feel about the other students in the waiting room at the therapist's office?
(a) She felt resentment towards them.
(b) She felt extreme pity for them.
(c) She declared that she would never be like them.
(d) She related to them when they came out of the offices all shaken up and crying.

8. What did Joan tell the therapist about during their first session?
(a) She talked about her relationship with her father and told the story of his death.
(b) She talked about her marriage.
(c) She talked about her relationship with her sister.
(d) She talked about her relationship with her mother, focusing on her early childhood.

9. When did Isis join Jo's body?
(a) When Jo was 23.
(b) When Jo was 13.
(c) When Jo was 8.
(d) When Jo was 3.

10. What was Joan's mother's background?
(a) She was a farm girl with immigrant parents.
(b) She was one of the city's elite.
(c) She was an impoverished orphan.
(d) She worked in a factory from a young age.

11. What is Jo's character like?
(a) Flirty.
(b) Serious.
(c) She wouldn't talk.
(d) Angry.

12. How did the medical community feel about MPD according to Lynn?
(a) They dismissed it.
(b) They wanted to get involved personally.
(c) They thought it was fascinating to study it.
(d) It was the catch-all phrase at the time.

13. What did the personalities make Lynn for Christmas?
(a) A special journal.
(b) Nothing. They didn't celebrate holidays.
(c) An angel.
(d) A tree with 24 unique snowflakes.

14. What did Jo's mother tell her about Larry?
(a) She said he was a wonderful teacher.
(b) He was married.
(c) He had been in the mental ward of the hospital.
(d) He was trying to get in touch with Jo.

15. What did Jo look like after vacation?
(a) She looked drugged.
(b) Vibrant and excitable.
(c) Worn and wan.
(d) Tan and elegant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jo feel about birthdays?

2. What was Joan's marital situation at the beginning of the book?

3. How did Lynn react when she discovered that Joan did not make a follow-up appointment?

4. What did Renee feel about sharing session time with the other personalities by the middle of August?

5. What did Joan think about the situation with the records?

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