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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who stood in the back of the theater to watch Duke perform in The Miracle Worker without her finding out about it until much later?
(a) Her father.
(b) Sir Laurence Olivier.
(c) John Astin.
(d) Her mother.

3. In Chapter 11, what did a woman in the supermarket say to Duke in 1979, which led her to lose forty pounds?
(a) She called her too fat for the aisles.
(b) She told Duke she could not see past her.
(c) She asked if Duke needed help walking.
(d) She asked when Duke's baby was due.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Duke introduced her then-husband, John Astin, to Sir Laurence Olivier, why couldn't Olivier shake hands?

2. What type of television show was The $64,000 Challenge?

3. What was John Ross's real last name?

4. In which play did Duke win a major role in Chapter 8?

5. Who did Duke have her most memorable meeting with during the run of The Miracle Worker?

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