Jessica Has a Hard Time When She Goes on a School

question 59

Multiple Choice

Jessica has a hard time when she goes on a school trip to the zoo. When they go into the reptile house, she starts to shake and constantly looks at the floor worried that a snake might have gotten loose. Jessica suffers from what type of phobia?

• A) agoraphobia
• B) acrophobia
• C) arachnophobia
• D) ophidiopobia

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