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

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

3. How did Duke like the house she and John Astin lived in with their five kids?

4. What arrangements did Duke forget to make for the morning of her wedding in Chapter 18?

5. Where did Duke and Harry Falk go to honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Duke get along with Judy Garland?

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

4. What caused Duke to suddenly take up smoking and swearing?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Duke often felt, as a young girl, that even if she did something right, she had still done wrong. Give examples of times when she might have felt this way and explain why. Examine how the Rosses had a hand in Duke having these feelings of confusion.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the personalities of John and Ethel Ross.

Essay Topic 3

Duke married assistant director Harry Falk and escaped the grips of the Rosses at last. Explore the relationship between Duke and Harry Falk. Why did she marry this particular man? What was the trajectory of their relationship?

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