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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 does Duke think of her in-laws (John Astin's parents)?
(a) She adores them.
(b) She is jealous of them.
(c) She cannot stand them.
(d) She believes they are intrusive.

2. What happened to Duke in Chapter 31 while singing the words to a song she did not know?
(a) Her singing had been recorded.
(b) She had an out-of-body experience.
(c) She was admitted to a pyschiatric hospital again.
(d) She slipped in the shower.

3. What did Duke discover about herself when she brought her mother into town to attend the Emmy Awards in Chapter 25?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She hated shopping.
(c) She had herpes.
(d) She had lost the award.

4. In which year was the final episode of The Patty Duke Show filmed?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1970.

5. In Chapter 29, what would John Astin's teen son, David, do sometimes at two in the morning?
(a) Sneak out of the house.
(b) Bring home friends and cook steaks.
(c) Play electric guitar.
(d) Watch television movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Duke get her first kiss?

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

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

4. What did Bob Banner, the producer of "My Sweet Charlie" tell Duke, confidentially, in Chapter 23?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Duke get along with Judy Garland?

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

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

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

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

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

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