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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Duke when she tried to commit suicide by taking about thirty sleeping pills?

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

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

4. What film, after The Miracle Worker, did Duke make with director Fred Coe?

5. Why did Duke have an urge to punch an old lady in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Duke and her new husband, Harry Falk, find collecting Duke's money from the county clerk's office to be a painful event?

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

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

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

7. How did Duke get along with Judy Garland?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Duke's mother was characterized as a very weak person. Examine and detail the ways in which one can easily come to this conclusion. Were there any examples of Mrs. Duke showing strength in character? How did the Rosses treat her?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Duke's behavior as a child TV star living with the Rosses and her behavior as an adult.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the relationship between Duke and John Astin. What did Duke realize in the end that she found most attractive about Astin? What was the chemistry between the two?

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