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

2. Who is the Armenian-born psychiatrist dedicated to studying personality and mood disorders who is referred to in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Sarah Adkinson.
(b) Dr. Aing Skanil.
(c) Dr. Hagop S. Akiskal.
(d) Dr. Steven Balantzian.

3. In 1985, Dr. Akiskal reported results of a study on how many children or younger siblings of adult bipolar patients?
(a) 60.
(b) 68.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

4. How low did Patty's weight get when she was anorexic?
(a) 73 lbs.
(b) 85 lbs.
(c) 80 lbs.
(d) 69 lbs.

5. Patty Duke's mother was one of how many children?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some mental health experts refer to "the mixed states" as?

2. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?

3. Patty Duke has suffered episodes of mania as well as depression since her late teens but did not know the name of her illness until she was how old?

4. For the past year, Dr. McKnew has been treating two four-year-olds whom he diagnosed having manic-depression with what?

5. What door did Patty begin keeping open to prove to her sons that she had changed?

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