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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the next stage role the Rosses found for Duke after The Miracle Worker?
(a) Norma Crane.
(b) Isle of Children.
(c) A Chinese Play.
(d) Blue Eyes Open.

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

3. What was young Billy McNally doing when the Rosses discovered him?
(a) Driving a taxi cab.
(b) Waiting tables.
(c) Selling newspapers.
(d) Shining shoes.

4. When Duke introduced her then-husband, John Astin, to Sir Laurence Olivier, why couldn't Olivier shake hands?
(a) He had arthritis.
(b) He feared germs.
(c) He had a broken arm.
(d) Astin disgusted him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Sidney Sheldon?

2. What kind of accent did Duke have that the Rosses wanted to change?

3. What was the main reason that the Rosses were willing to let Duke leave The Miracle Worker play?

4. What became a major concern and source of anxiety to Duke because of something Ethel Ross said when she changed Duke's name?

5. Which of her very first acting jobs does Duke remember best?

(see the answer key)

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