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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Why Me?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Patty Duke when she was writing the book?
(a) 41.
(b) 49.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

2. What is Patty Duke's mother's name?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Sara.
(c) Lizzie.
(d) Frances.

3. Like manic-depressive illness, _______ usually begins late in adolescence and early adulthood and shares similar full-blown psychotic symptoms.
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Unipolar depression.
(c) Cyclythymes.
(d) Borderline personality disorder.

4. What percentage of unipolar depressives will eventually commit suicide?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

5. Who was the couple who managed Patty Duke as a child?
(a) The Gardners.
(b) The Fitzmaurices.
(c) The Rosses.
(d) The Steiners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for "mild ups and downs"?

2. How old was Patty when her parents split up?

3. Whose research states that of the unipolar depressives who commit suicide most will have visited their doctor within the month?

4. What did "Grandpa Duke" do for a living?

5. Which of the forms of bipolar disorder is the most extreme?

(see the answer key)

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