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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Rosses and Duke go on their one vacation during The Miracle Worker's run?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Italy.
(c) The Virgin Islands.
(d) Mexico.

2. What was John Ross's attitude towards Duke when he drank too much in Chapter 13?
(a) Demeaning.
(b) Extemely funny.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Inappropriately sexual.

3. What, cinematically, was there a lack of in The Miracle Worker film?
(a) Sound.
(b) Close-ups.
(c) Color film.
(d) Shadows.

4. Which summer stock play production did Duke fail to win a part in?
(a) Fiddler on the Roof.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) The Bad Seed.
(d) Mary Poppins.

5. What part on The Patty Duke Show did Jean Byron play?
(a) Duke's twin cousin.
(b) Duke's mother.
(c) Duke's best friend.
(d) She had no role; she was the producer.

6. What did Duke have nightmares about in Chapter 6?
(a) Losing her mother.
(b) Making commercials.
(c) Working with Ray.
(d) LIving with the Rosses.

7. What did Duke have to walk to a bar to get as a child?
(a) A hot meal for home.
(b) Money she would beg for from strangers.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Money from her father.

8. What religion did Ethel Ross tell Duke she now was, in Chapter 9?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Christian Scientist.
(d) Baptist.

9. With what illness was Duke diagnosed in 1982?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Social anxiety.
(d) Manic-depression.

10. What night of the year was it when Duke's sister went out with a man and her mother attacked herself?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Easter Sunday.
(c) The Fourth of July.
(d) New Year's Eve.

11. What type of television show was The $64,000 Challenge?
(a) A variety show.
(b) A quiz show.
(c) A soap opera.
(d) A comedy.

12. What were there a lot of in the isolation booths of The $64,000 Challenge?
(a) Baby wipes.
(b) Towels.
(c) Wash 'n Dris.
(d) Bottles of water.

13. Why did Duke go through basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1985?
(a) She was directing a film.
(b) She had joined the army.
(c) Her son was in the army.
(d) To prepare for a TV movie.

14. What was the main reason that the Rosses were willing to let Duke leave The Miracle Worker play?
(a) New York was too cold.
(b) To be in the film version.
(c) They were losing money.
(d) She was too old.

15. What was the next stage role the Rosses found for Duke after The Miracle Worker?
(a) Norma Crane.
(b) A Chinese Play.
(c) Blue Eyes Open.
(d) Isle of Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Bambi?

2. What was "Skelly and Larney's"?

3. When Duke introduced her then-husband, John Astin, to Sir Laurence Olivier, why couldn't Olivier shake hands?

4. Who was the principal earner in the Ross household?

5. What was Duke's real name, that the Rosses wanted to change?

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