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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what did Shirley Bernstein suggest that Duke read in preparation for The $64,000 Challenge?
(a) Rolling Stone Magazine.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Billboard.
(d) The New York Times.

2. What was Duke's father's main problem in life?
(a) He had no skills.
(b) He wasn't very tall.
(c) He was an alcoholic.
(d) He hadn't gone to high school.

3. One of Duke's biggest career disappointments was not being cast in which film?
(a) The Bad Seed.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) The Sound of Music.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

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

5. In Chapter 4, it is noted that Mrs. Duke lived in a basement apartment in:
(a) Astoria.
(b) The Upper West Side.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Elmhurst.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Duke throw at Sid Sheinberg, president of MCA, in 1970?

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

4. What did Duke have to walk to a bar to get as a child?

5. What does Duke associate the smells of Old Spice and alcohol with?

(see the answer key)

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