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

2. Where did Duke spend most of her summer after storming out and leaving the Rosses?
(a) At her mother's apartment.
(b) On the set.
(c) With Harry Falk.
(d) In Los Angeles.

3. Which now-famous actor played a small role the film, Me, Natalie?
(a) Dustin Hoffman.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) Al Pacino.
(d) Peter Lawford.

4. What was The Westwood?
(a) A movie studio.
(b) An apartment building.
(c) A psychiatric hospital.
(d) A funeral home.

5. What are the Doheny Towers?
(a) The TV studio in Los Angeles.
(b) The place Harry Falk lived in on Fire Island.
(c) Duke's mother's apartment house.
(d) The apartment building Duke moved into.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Duke have trouble with Al Freeman, Jr. while doing "My Sweet Charlie"?

2. Where did Duke and the other stars of Valley of the Dolls promote the film?

3. What did Duke do for Gene Kirkland in Chapter 22?

4. Why did the Rosses begin to send Mr. Duke money every month?

5. What happened on February 2, 1963, in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why, when Bobby Kennedy was shot, did Duke become so hysterical, even losing some control over herself?

3. Why did Duke have so much trouble in her relationship with Desi Arnaz, Jr.?

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

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

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

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

8. What made Duke's suicide attempt in Chapter 23 more serious that her previous tries?

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

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

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