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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 word did the Rosses use to tell Duke about the way she looked?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Cute.
(c) Plain.
(d) Attractive.

2. What role-playing game did Duke play with her childhood friend, Margie?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Acting as parents.
(c) Being nuns.
(d) Acting.

3. When Duke was eight-years-old, Ethel Ross made her wear clothing for a child of what age?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

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

5. Which of her very first acting jobs does Duke remember best?
(a) A Christmastime commercial.
(b) The movie, "The Stepford Wives."
(c) A documentary for wayward children.
(d) The film, "I'll Cry Tomorrow."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did the Rosses prep Duke for, with John Ross quizzing her on every possible topic or approach?

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