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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lived in an old mansion on 74th Street in Manhattan?
(a) Ray Duke.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) Ben Gazzara.
(d) Huntz Hall.

2. Why did Duke's mother spend time on the roof of their building?
(a) She considered jumping.
(b) To make sure their ceiling did not leak.
(c) To smoke cigarettes.
(d) To see what her kids were doing in the streets.

3. What did the Rosses have a doctor give Duke a shot of whenever she was ill in Chapter 11?
(a) Allergy medicine.
(b) Penicillin.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Percodan.

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

5. What happened to Duke just before rehearsals as the result of an accident in Chapter 9?
(a) She had a high fever.
(b) She broke her arm.
(c) She broker her leg.
(d) She cut her forehead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Duke throw at Sid Sheinberg, president of MCA, in 1970?

3. What has Ray not done ever since his father died?

4. What has Duke descended from a very long line of?

5. What became a major concern and source of anxiety to Duke because of something Ethel Ross said when she changed Duke's name?

(see the answer key)

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