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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patty claims she doesn't like to do what to prove she can act?
(a) Meet casting agents.
(b) Audition.
(c) Perform.
(d) Take lunches.

2. In what neighborhood did Patty's parents grow up?
(a) Bed-Stuy.
(b) Park Slope.
(c) Kips Bay.
(d) Astoria.

3. Within how many weeks did lithium begin to work for Patty Duke?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

4. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1950.

5. In a study in Belgium, among the adoptive parents of bipolar adoptees, the prevalence in mental illness was what percent?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 30.

6. What did Patty Duke begin collecting after starting to take lithium?
(a) Diaries.
(b) Pillboxes.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Calendars.

7. Researchers believe that there is a link between the gene which may pass along traits of manic-depressive illness and what chromosome?
(a) B.
(b) Y.
(c) X.
(d) O.

8. 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) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

10. Who was Patty's first husband?
(a) John Astin.
(b) Harry Falk.
(c) John McAdams.
(d) Jerry Wilson.

11. Until what era was mental illness considered to be rooted in psychological trauma?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.

12. What is the name of the third book Patty is writing and says she's doing research for?
(a) Patty Duke's Lost Years.
(b) Patty Duke's Little Beige Pill.
(c) Call Me Anna.
(d) Patty Duke's Pacific Northwest Pit Stop Guide.

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

14. For the past year, Dr. McKnew has been treating two four-year-olds whom he diagnosed having manic-depression with what?
(a) Electroshock.
(b) Lithium.
(c) Anti-depressants.
(d) Therapy.

15. What do some mental health experts refer to "the mixed states" as?
(a) Despairing anxiety.
(b) Hysterical sadness.
(c) Joyful misery.
(d) Morose hysteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patty Duke's father was what?

2. Since what year has Patty Duke been taking lithium?

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

4. What percentage of unipolar depressives will eventually commit suicide?

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

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