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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bob Banner, the producer of "My Sweet Charlie" tell Duke, confidentially, in Chapter 23?
(a) He was in love with her.
(b) The producer had run out of money.
(c) Someone on set was involved with drugs.
(d) Al Freeman, Jr. would be fired.

2. What happened to Duke's family's Christmas tree nearly every year when she was a child?
(a) It would burn down.
(b) Her mother tipped it over.
(c) Someone would steal it.
(d) Her father threw it out the window.

3. What did Duke have to do to Caswell Fairweather on stage in The Miracle Worker?
(a) Beat up on him.
(b) Give him hugs.
(c) Push him off stage.
(d) Kiss him.

4. Where was Duke when she tried to commit suicide by taking about thirty sleeping pills?
(a) On Fire Island.
(b) In the studio where she'd done The Patty Duke Show.
(c) In her apartment.
(d) In Westwood Psychiatric Hospital.

5. What was John Ross's attitude towards Duke when he drank too much in Chapter 13?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Demeaning.
(c) Extemely funny.
(d) Inappropriately sexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Duke sometimes purposely make mistakes during rehearsals of The Miracle Worker?

2. What was Duke's father's main problem in life?

3. What, cinematically, was there a lack of in The Miracle Worker film?

4. What is the title of the science fiction film that Duke was in from 1959?

5. Why was The Patty Duke Show so exciting for Duke to do?

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