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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of accent did Duke have that the Rosses wanted to change?
(a) Southern.
(b) Russian.
(c) Midwestern.
(d) New Yorkese.

2. What is the title of the science fiction film that Duke was in from 1959?
(a) The Blob.
(b) The 4-D Man.
(c) The Atomic Kid.
(d) They Came From Outer Space.

3. What color was John Ross's hair when Duke met him?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Blond.
(d) Red.

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

5. In which year did Duke make headlines in the New York Times?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1968.

6. Who, in Chapter 9, did Duke hero-worship and become very close to?
(a) Torin Thatcher.
(b) Annie Sullivan.
(c) Annie Bancroft.
(d) Patricia Neal.

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

8. What, cinematically, was there a lack of in The Miracle Worker film?
(a) Close-ups.
(b) Color film.
(c) Sound.
(d) Shadows.

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

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

11. One of Duke's biggest career disappointments was not being cast in which film?
(a) The Sound of Music.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) The Bad Seed.

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

13. 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) Her mother.
(c) John Astin.
(d) Sir Laurence Olivier.

14. What did Duke do in Chapter 13 when John Ross made advances towards her in the hotel room?
(a) Ran out the door.
(b) Smacked him in the face.
(c) Threw up on him.
(d) Called the police.

15. Who did the Rosses hope to create a duplicate of, by way of Duke?
(a) Grace Kelly.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Audrey Hepburn.
(d) Lana Turner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bill Schallert very often pretend to be around Duke?

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

4. What was Duke's father's main problem in life?

5. What has Duke descended from a very long line of?

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