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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duke wish she could have done for John Astin's children?
(a) Found them good jobs.
(b) Been a better mother to them.
(c) Paid for their college education.
(d) Given them more material things.

2. What happened to Duke right after The Patty Duke Show series ended in Chapter 19?
(a) She became catatonic.
(b) She enrolled in an acting school.
(c) She got pregnant.
(d) She went into a major depression.

3. What does Duke think of her in-laws (John Astin's parents)?
(a) She believes they are intrusive.
(b) She is jealous of them.
(c) She adores them.
(d) She cannot stand them.

4. Who was the character, Neely, from The Valley of the Dolls based upon?
(a) Liza Minnelli.
(b) Judy Garland.
(c) Patty Duke.
(d) Sharon Tate.

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

6. In Chapter 29, what would John Astin's teen son, David, do sometimes at two in the morning?
(a) Watch television movies.
(b) Bring home friends and cook steaks.
(c) Sneak out of the house.
(d) Play electric guitar.

7. Where is Port Bolivar, the place where "My Sweet Charlie" was filmed?
(a) Near Galveston, Texas.
(b) In Spain.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Outside of Houston, Texas.

8. What was Harry Falk hiding from Duke in Los Angeles?
(a) Another woman.
(b) Her money from the Rosses.
(c) Commitment papers.
(d) Another acting role.

9. Where did Duke and the other stars of Valley of the Dolls promote the film?
(a) At Macy's department store.
(b) In Hollywood.
(c) In a New York hotel.
(d) On a cruise ship.

10. Which television series did Harry Falk leave The Patty Duke Show to work on?
(a) The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
(b) Happy Days.
(c) The Untouchables.
(d) East Side, West Side.

11. What was the gist of Duke's letter to Ethel Ross that her new manager told her not to send?
(a) She intended to sue her.
(b) She wanted to send the woman money.
(c) She wanted to bury the hatchet.
(d) She told Ethel Ross off, fiercely.

12. What did Duke discover about herself when she brought her mother into town to attend the Emmy Awards in Chapter 25?
(a) She had lost the award.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She had herpes.
(d) She hated shopping.

13. How did Duke like the house she and John Astin lived in with their five kids?
(a) She adored it.
(b) She wished the basement did not flood so much.
(c) She wanted it to be smaller.
(d) She hated it.

14. Whose primary campaign for the Presidency was Duke involved with during the filming of Me, Natalie?
(a) Eugene McCarthy.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Jack Kennedy.
(d) Bobby Kennedy.

15. Who sent Duke flowers with a note that Harry Falk found in Chapter 21?
(a) Frank Sinatra, Jr.
(b) Sandy Smith.
(c) John Astin.
(d) Lucky Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Duke want to do with the Emmy she won in 1970?

2. Why did Duke marry Michael Tell?

3. What did Duke call Ethel Ross's mother?

4. What did the inside of Harry Falk's coffee cup say in Chapter 18?

5. What did Liza Minnelli lend to Duke during her Academy Awards rehearsal?

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