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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what illness was Duke diagnosed in 1982?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Manic-depression.
(d) Social anxiety.

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

4. Which summer stock play production did Duke fail to win a part in?
(a) The Bad Seed.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) Mary Poppins.
(d) Fiddler on the Roof.

5. What did Duke have to do to Caswell Fairweather on stage in The Miracle Worker?
(a) Give him hugs.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Push him off stage.
(d) Beat up on him.

6. On which bridge in Chapter 4 was Duke traveling in a taxi cab when she got out and ran away, scared?
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) The Triborough Bridge.
(c) The 59th Street Bridge.
(d) The George Washington Bridge.

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

8. What religion did Ethel Ross tell Duke she now was, in Chapter 9?
(a) Christian Scientist.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholic.

9. What was John Ross's real last name?
(a) Rossi.
(b) Rossberg.
(c) Valentine.
(d) Rossini.

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

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

12. Who was the principal earner in the Ross household?
(a) John Ross.
(b) Duke.
(c) Ethel Ross.
(d) Mrs. Duke.

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

14. What did Duke have to walk to a bar to get as a child?
(a) Money she would beg for from strangers.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) A hot meal for home.
(d) Money from her father.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, it is noted that Mrs. Duke lived in a basement apartment in:

2. What did Duke do in Chapter 13 when John Ross made advances towards her in the hotel room?

3. What happened to Duke's hair when she got too old to wear braids?

4. Where did Duke's brother Ray have to fly home from to identify their father's body?

5. What has Duke never been able to deal with successfully?

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