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

2. Where did Duke meet her new business manager after her breakup with David Licht?
(a) In the Westwood.
(b) At the Sierra apartments.
(c) Near the beach.
(d) In a restaurant parking lot.

3. What emotionally significant occurrence happened for Duke in the summer of 1963?
(a) Her father died.
(b) John Ross was in a hospital.
(c) Gramma Howe died.
(d) She attempted suicide.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Suzanne, in Chapter 29?

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

3. What happened to Duke right after The Patty Duke Show series ended in Chapter 19?

4. Who begged Duke to check herself into Westwood Psychiatric Hospital again in Chapter 25?

5. What did Harry Falk promise Duke about Mount Sinai hospital when he wanted her to go there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What helped cause Duke to have her first major manic episode?

3. How did Duke get along with Judy Garland?

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

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

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

7. Why did Duke marry Michael Tell?

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

9. How did Duke feel when she heard that John Ross had died?

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

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