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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What neighborhood did Duke's family live in when she was a child?
(a) Sheepshead Bay.
(b) Brooklyn Heights.
(c) Kips Bay.
(d) Hell's Kitchen.

2. What kind of accent did Duke have that the Rosses wanted to change?
(a) New Yorkese.
(b) Midwestern.
(c) Russian.
(d) Southern.

3. What has Duke descended from a very long line of?
(a) Actors.
(b) Drug addicts.
(c) Alcoholics.
(d) Truck drivers.

4. What happened to Duke's family's Christmas tree nearly every year when she was a child?
(a) Someone would steal it.
(b) Her mother tipped it over.
(c) It would burn down.
(d) Her father threw it out the window.

5. Where did Duke's father take her on Sundays after church?
(a) To Grandpa's bar.
(b) To the bakery.
(c) To a playground.
(d) Shopping.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was John Ross's real last name?

3. What color was John Ross's hair when Duke met him?

4. Where did Duke's brother Ray have to fly home from to identify their father's body?

5. With what illness was Duke diagnosed in 1982?

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