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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What night of the year was it when Duke's sister went out with a man and her mother attacked herself?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) The Fourth of July.

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

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

4. What did Duke do to her understudy on a matinee day in Chapter 10?
(a) Ripped her clothes off.
(b) Tripped her onstage.
(c) Made her sick.
(d) Let her go on.

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

6. For which play did rehearsals begin in August of 1959?
(a) The Miracle Worker.
(b) Our Town.
(c) The Glass Menagerie.
(d) The Bad Seed.

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

8. What has Duke never been able to deal with successfully?
(a) The loss of her father.
(b) Her fame.
(c) Drinking alcohol.
(d) Taking drugs.

9. Who did Duke appear with in the television production of "One Red Rose for Christmas"?
(a) Helen Hayes.
(b) Laurence Olivier.
(c) Anne Bancroft.
(d) Julie Harris.

10. In Chapter 7, what did Shirley Bernstein suggest that Duke read in preparation for The $64,000 Challenge?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Rolling Stone Magazine.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Billboard.

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

12. What habit did Duke develop to cover the sound of her screams at night in Chapter 4?
(a) Washing her face.
(b) Whistling.
(c) Clearing her throat.
(d) Jumping out of bed.

13. In Chapter 4, it is noted that Mrs. Duke lived in a basement apartment in:
(a) Astoria.
(b) Elmhurst.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) The Upper West Side.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the Rosses have Stanley Praeger fired in Chapter 14?

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

4. What religion did Ethel Ross tell Duke she now was, in Chapter 9?

5. Who, in Chapter 9, did Duke hero-worship and become very close to?

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