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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. How does the author think Hattie views sex?
(a) She finds it very pleasurable.
(b) A torture device for Sybil.
(c) She only does it to please her husband.
(d) As an appropriate thing for children to see.

2. What does the town think of Hattie?
(a) She is a good wife.
(b) Many people think she is odd.
(c) People enjoy Hattie.
(d) She is a wonderful mother.

3. When does Sybil return to her own body?
(a) In college.
(b) In high school
(c) At the end of sixth grade.
(d) After third grade.

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

5. Where does Sybil find herself at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Washington DC.
(c) Clevand.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Dr. Wilbur have to uncover to understand Sybil?

2. What is her father's name?

3. At the age of six, what changes Sybil's life and the rest of the world?

4. How many personalities go on Sybil and Dr. Wilbur's outing?

5. According to the author, children not taught about sex do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes the first dissociation that Dr. Wilbur can identify?

3. Explain what Willow Corners is to Sybil.

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

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

6. What brings on the appearance of Peggy Lou, the first personality to appear?

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

8. What is surprising about Willard?

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

10. Why must Sybil plead mental incompetence in a court of law?

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