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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a study in Belgium, what percent of birth parents whose adopted children had manic depression had a history of mood disorders?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 42.
(d) 31.

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

3. What is Patty's older sister's name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Carol.
(c) Alison.
(d) Donna.

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

5. 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) Left-handed.
(c) Female.
(d) Color-blind.

6. Whose research states that of the unipolar depressives who commit suicide most will have visited their doctor within the month?
(a) Dr. Frederick Wolverson.
(b) Dr. Emily Watson.
(c) Dr. Seymor J. Williams.
(d) Dr. George Murphy.

7. Who was the producer of The Patty Duke Show?
(a) Jeremy Robinson.
(b) William Anderson.
(c) Bob Sweeney.
(d) Michael Feinstein.

8. How many pills of lithium does Patty Duke take per day?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

9. How many genes does a person have?
(a) 100,000-200,000.
(b) 150,000-200,000.
(c) 50,000-100,000.
(d) 25,000-50,000.

10. What is Patty's brother's name?
(a) John.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jason.
(d) Raymond.

11. 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) X.
(c) O.
(d) Y.

12. For how many years did Patty Duke suffer severely with her illness before she was finally diagnosed as manic depressive?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

13. More than ten million people a year in the United States alone complain of symptoms of what?
(a) Reactive depression.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Unipolar depression.
(d) Bipolar depression.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the time the book was written, the Amish study was continuing covering how many subjects from 11 families?

3. How much older is Patty's sister than her?

4. How old was Patty Duke when she was writing the book?

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

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