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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 much older is Patty's brother than her?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. The increased risk of developing a mood disorder from having a first-degree relative who also has a mood disorder is how many times that of someone without that history?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

3. What is the name of Patty's oldest son?
(a) John.
(b) Michael.
(c) Sean.
(d) Patrick.

4. In a 1969-research project at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that in two families, everyone that was ______ was also manic-depressive.
(a) Male.
(b) Color-blind.
(c) Female.
(d) Left-handed.

5. How much older is Patty's sister than her?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 8 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the doctor at the hospital which Patty called "Grandpa"?

2. More than ten million people a year in the United States alone complain of symptoms of what?

3. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?

4. Duke writes in Chapter 1 that as her episodes increased with frequency they also increased with what?

5. Who was the sister who raised Patty Duke's mother?

(see the answer key)

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