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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Rosses have Duke do from her very first audition?
(a) Serve cookies.
(b) Lie.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

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

3. What did Duke throw at Sid Sheinberg, president of MCA, in 1970?
(a) His Mickey Mouse clock.
(b) Paper clips.
(c) Her lunch.
(d) Her Emmy award.

4. What was the title of Helen Keller's autobiography that John Ross made Duke read parts of?
(a) In the Seven Woods.
(b) The Land of Little Rain.
(c) The Story of My Life.
(d) Helen Keller's Life.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What night of the year was it when Duke's sister went out with a man and her mother attacked herself?

2. Why did Duke's mother spend time on the roof of their building?

3. What did Duke have nightmares about in Chapter 6?

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

5. What role-playing game did Duke play with her childhood friend, Margie?

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