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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What writer did Duke have a crush on in Chapter 8?
(a) Arthur Penn.
(b) John Mortimer.
(c) Walter Miller.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

3. Who lived in an old mansion on 74th Street in Manhattan?
(a) Ray Duke.
(b) Ben Gazzara.
(c) The Rosses.
(d) Huntz Hall.

4. Who did Duke get to meet through her work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Chapter 14?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) Roman Polanski.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Helen Keller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Duke most worried about during Duke's near-accidental drowning in Chapter 11?

2. Why did Duke go through basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1985?

3. What job did Ernesto Caparos have on The Miracle Worker film?

4. What was "Skelly and Larney's"?

5. Where did the Rosses and Duke go on their one vacation during The Miracle Worker's run?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how did Duke use her dog, Skippy, to help her cry on New Year's Eve?

2. How was the Ross's dog, Bambi, treated?

3. Why did Duke have to appear before the House Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight in 1959?

4. Why was it that Duke was not able to see her close-up in the film, The Miracle Worker, when she made a good and bad girl face?

5. What philosophical approach, suggested by Astin, does Duke follow today?

6. How was it that Duke did not see the movies she appeared in until many years later?

7. What did Duke find herself praying for in Chapter 6?

8. What did the Rosses do for Duke if she even seemed to be getting sick?

9. Why would Shirley Bernstein get nervous when asking Duke four questions?

10. What was Duke most anxious about, causing her to go into psychotherapy for years?

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