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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. What was Duke on the brink of doing when she escaped the Westwood in Chapter 25?
(a) Quitting the acting business.
(b) Losing her mind.
(c) Getting remarried.
(d) Taking hard drugs.

2. What did Liza Minnelli lend to Duke during her Academy Awards rehearsal?
(a) A wrap.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Hairspray.

3. 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.

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

5. Why was Duke rejected for a role in "Monday After the Miracle"?
(a) Arthur Penn hated her.
(b) She had gotten too old.
(c) She failed the audition.
(d) She never found out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Duke meet her second husband, Michael Tell?

2. Where had Harry Falk been while Duke was desperately trying to contact him in Chapter 21?

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

4. Which now-famous actor played a small role the film, Me, Natalie?

5. What happened to Duke in Chapter 31 while singing the words to a song she did not know?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Duke happen to fall in love with Harry Falk?

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

3. While the children were very bothersome to Duke, John Astin seemed to have no trouble with them. Why was this?

4. Why was The Patty Duke Show canceled in 1966?

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

6. Why did Duke want to make the film, Me, Natalie?

7. How believable is Duke's story of her relationship with Frank Sinatra?

8. Why did Duke's pregnancy in Chapter 27 become such a media frenzy?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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