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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, My Little Beige Pill.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Patty Duke's father was what?
(a) Manic-depressive.
(b) An alcoholic.
(c) Schizophrenic.
(d) A teacher.

3. How old was Patty when her father died?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

4. What is the one side effect that irritates Patty Duke in others, which she has not experienced from the drug?
(a) Tremors.
(b) Weight gain.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Headaches.

5. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patty Duke says that one of the few, slight side effects she gets from the lithium is what?

2. How did Patty Duke feel when she was diagnosed with manic depressive illness?

3. When Patty was about 12, where was her mother living?

4. Patty Duke's panic attacks almost always revolved around what?

5. What does Bipolar III indicate?

(see the answer key)

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