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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Doheny Towers?
(a) The TV studio in Los Angeles.
(b) The place Harry Falk lived in on Fire Island.
(c) Duke's mother's apartment house.
(d) The apartment building Duke moved into.

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

3. By what name does Duke refer to the Rosses in Chapter 12?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Hitler.
(b) The Billy-the-Kid gang.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Jack the Ripper.
(d) Bonnie and Clyde.

4. What precipitated Duke's last argument with the Rosses, leading her to walk out on them?
(a) Ethel brought up her husband's suicide attempt.
(b) Duke had purchased a plane ticket.
(c) They separated her from Harry Falk.
(d) They locked away her clothing.

5. Which of her very first acting jobs does Duke remember best?
(a) A Christmastime commercial.
(b) The movie, "The Stepford Wives."
(c) The film, "I'll Cry Tomorrow."
(d) A documentary for wayward children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Duke dislike her television characters' clothing?

2. What television show was Duke guest-starring in when she was called to Sid Sheinberg's office?

3. What part on The Patty Duke Show did Jean Byron play?

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

5. For which play did rehearsals begin in August of 1959?

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