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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Duke's managers, Irwin and Stich, do in Chapter 30?
(a) Embezzled her money.
(b) Broke up her marriage to John Astin.
(c) Let her pass the Writers Guild picket lines.
(d) Got her a role in a number one movie.

2. Why did Duke and John Astin begin their five-year stint as touring stage actors?
(a) They needed the money.
(b) They were both too old for film.
(c) They loved the theater so much.
(d) They wanted to travel.

3. What happened to disrupt Duke's and her husband's first day driving to work together in Chapter 18?
(a) They were in a car accident.
(b) Coffee spilled on Harry Falk's clothing.
(c) The car broke down.
(d) Duke was late getting dressed.

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

5. What restriction did Ethel Ross place on Duke during John Ross's funeral?
(a) She had to be on her own.
(b) She had to wear a certain dress.
(c) She must bring her Oscar.
(d) She could not wear black.

6. What did Harry Falk promise Duke about Mount Sinai hospital when he wanted her to go there?
(a) It was just like a regular hospital.
(b) She would be fine in a week.
(c) Her mother was also there.
(d) He would be in there with her.

7. Who begged Duke to check herself into Westwood Psychiatric Hospital again in Chapter 25?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Ethel Ross.
(c) John Astin.
(d) Her manager.

8. What caused Duke to curse at the Rosses for the first time ever?
(a) They would not let her date Frank Sinatra, Jr.
(b) They let Ethel's mother die.
(c) They had locked Duke in a closet.
(d) A fire erupted in the apartment.

9. What is one of the first things Duke did after marrying Harry Falk?
(a) She went to work.
(b) Go for a drink in her father's neighborhood bar.
(c) Have an anxiety attack.
(d) Collect her savings bond money.

10. Where did Duke spend her last two years of elementary school?
(a) Quintano School.
(b) Willard Mace.
(c) Los Angeles Elementary.
(d) Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary.

11. What board game did Michael Tell and Duke play at her apartment in the Sierra Towers?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Stratego.
(c) Twister.
(d) Scrabble.

12. Who called Duke one night to tell her John Ross had died?
(a) Harry Falk.
(b) Patricia Neal.
(c) Arthur Penn.
(d) Joey Trent.

13. What was found in Duke's closet in Port Bolivar?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Filthy clothes.
(c) Diet pills.
(d) Her diary.

14. What did the inside of Harry Falk's coffee cup say in Chapter 18?
(a) Light, No Sugar.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Forget Me Not.
(d) Love of My Life.

15. What did Frank Sinatra invite Duke to do at Stefanino's restaurant?
(a) Play a round of poker.
(b) Be in his next film.
(c) Join his table.
(d) Have a drink on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Duke like the house she and John Astin lived in with their five kids?

2. How old was Desi Arnaz, Jr. when Duke met him?

3. How old was Duke when she married Harry Falk?

4. What are the Doheny Towers?

5. Where did Duke spend most of her summer after storming out and leaving the Rosses?

(see the answer keys)

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