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

2. What was "Skelly and Larney's"?
(a) The church.
(b) A funeral home.
(c) A neighborhood bar.
(d) The local deli.

3. What does Duke associate the smells of Old Spice and alcohol with?
(a) Irish funerals.
(b) Her brother, Ray.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

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

5. What has Ray not done ever since his father died?
(a) Taken drugs.
(b) Smoked cigarettes.
(c) Flew on an airplane.
(d) Consumed alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Ethel Ross once done for a living?

2. When Duke was eight-years-old, Ethel Ross made her wear clothing for a child of what age?

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

4. What television show was Duke guest-starring in when she was called to Sid Sheinberg's office?

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

(see the answer key)

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