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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what illness was Duke diagnosed in 1982?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Manic-depression.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Social anxiety.

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

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

4. What became a major concern and source of anxiety to Duke because of something Ethel Ross said when she changed Duke's name?
(a) Death.
(b) Acting.
(c) Braiding hair.
(d) Lying.

5. What show had Eddie Hodges, the boy she competed with on The $64,000 Challenge, been in?
(a) The Music Man.
(b) Annie Get Your Gun.
(c) Fiddler on the Roof.
(d) Bye Bye Birdie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the science fiction film that Duke was in from 1959?

2. On which bridge in Chapter 4 was Duke traveling in a taxi cab when she got out and ran away, scared?

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

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

5. In which year did Duke make headlines in the New York Times?

(see the answer key)

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