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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 did Duke have her most memorable meeting with during the run of The Miracle Worker?
(a) Helen Keller.
(b) Cary Grant.
(c) Katharine Cornell.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.

2. Who was the principal earner in the Ross household?
(a) Ethel Ross.
(b) John Ross.
(c) Duke.
(d) Mrs. Duke.

3. What has Duke never been able to deal with successfully?
(a) Her fame.
(b) Taking drugs.
(c) The loss of her father.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

4. Who stood in the back of the theater to watch Duke perform in The Miracle Worker without her finding out about it until much later?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Sir Laurence Olivier.
(c) John Astin.
(d) Her father.

5. What did the Rosses have Duke do from her very first audition?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Lie.
(d) Serve cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Ethel and John Ross have of their own?

2. What commercial was Joey Trent, the other child the Rosses coached, famous for?

3. Who lived in an old mansion on 74th Street in Manhattan?

4. Who, in Chapter 9, did Duke hero-worship and become very close to?

5. What happened to Duke's hair when she got too old to wear braids?

(see the answer key)

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