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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Rosses have Stanley Praeger fired in Chapter 14?
(a) He was always late to the set.
(b) He was not a good director.
(c) He was getting too close to Duke.
(d) He abused Duke.

2. What happened to Duke's family's Christmas tree nearly every year when she was a child?
(a) It would burn down.
(b) Her mother tipped it over.
(c) Someone would steal it.
(d) Her father threw it out the window.

3. What did Duke get to say to Annie during The MIracle Worker play, without the audience knowing it was her speaking?
(a) Help me.
(b) Please, in a whisper.
(c) Ma-ma, the voice of a doll.
(d) Water.

4. What happened to Duke's hair when she got too old to wear braids?
(a) She dyed it blond.
(b) The Rosses gave her a body wave.
(c) The Rosses cut it.
(d) She wore it down.

5. What part on The Patty Duke Show did Jean Byron play?
(a) Duke's mother.
(b) Duke's twin cousin.
(c) She had no role; she was the producer.
(d) Duke's best friend.

6. What event took place for Duke on March 7, 1960?
(a) The Rosses left Duke as managers.
(b) Duke was given star billing on the theater's marquee.
(c) The Booth Theater closed down.
(d) Duke was fired from The Miracle Worker.

7. What did Duke have nightmares about in Chapter 6?
(a) Working with Ray.
(b) Making commercials.
(c) LIving with the Rosses.
(d) Losing her mother.

8. Who was Bambi?
(a) The Ross's dog.
(b) Duke's favorite doll.
(c) A pet deer of Duke's.
(d) Mrs. Duke's pet name for her daughter.

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

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

11. What was the main reason that the Rosses were willing to let Duke leave The Miracle Worker play?
(a) She was too old.
(b) To be in the film version.
(c) New York was too cold.
(d) They were losing money.

12. Why did the Rosses let Duke leave the apartment on her own to begin filming in Chapter 12?
(a) They felt she was independent enough.
(b) They were ready to let her branch off on her own.
(c) They had someone follow Duke.
(d) They did not want to get up that early.

13. Where did the Rosses and Duke go on their one vacation during The Miracle Worker's run?
(a) The Virgin Islands.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Italy.
(d) Mexico.

14. In which play did Duke win a major role in Chapter 8?
(a) Pollyanna.
(b) The Bad Seed.
(c) The Music Man.
(d) The Miracle Worker.

15. What was the fictional name of Duke's boyfriend on The Patty Duke Show?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Tommy,
(c) Richard.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of Duke's biggest career disappointments was not being cast in which film?

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

4. What was the next stage role the Rosses found for Duke after The Miracle Worker?

5. What was the Ross's standard positive phrase to Duke, as told in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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