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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Duke come across during the 1970 Emmy Awards show when she won?
(a) Psychotic.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Sad.
(d) Forgiving.

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

3. Where did Duke's mother go on the day of Duke's wedding to Harry Falk?
(a) To a baby shower.
(b) To a psychiatric hospital.
(c) Dress shopping.
(d) To the cemetery.

4. What did Duke's relationship with Frank Sinatra, Jr., mostly consist of?
(a) Motel room dates.
(b) Dances and parties.
(c) Traveling to both coasts.
(d) Phone calls and letters.

5. 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 had locked Duke in a closet.
(c) A fire erupted in the apartment.
(d) They let Ethel's mother die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Duke marry Michael Tell?

2. Where did Duke spend her last two years of elementary school?

3. Why was Duke rejected for a role in "Monday After the Miracle"?

4. What name did Duke begin to use after her marriage to Harry Falk?

5. Why did Duke dislike her television characters' clothing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Duke compensate, in school, for being one of the shortest students there?

2. Why was Duke's so-called formal education an embarrassment to her?

3. How did Judy Garland react when she was fired from The Valley of the Dolls?

4. While Astin and Duke were touring during summer stock in Chapter 30, what was one of the worst parts of it?

5. How did the Rosses make a good working couple, as recognized by Duke in Chapter 31?

6. How did Duke decide to change her appearance once she became attracted to Harry Falk?

7. Why did Duke have people, especially her manager, so concerned about her after her acceptance of the Emmy Award for "My Sweet Charlie"?

8. According to Duke in Chapter 19, what is anorexia?

9. Why might Duke have been so uncomfortable with Joanna Barnes, Harry Falk's friend?

10. What do you think took Duke so long to realize that her husband, Harry Falk, was seeing another woman in California?

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