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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 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.

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

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

4. How many children did Ethel and John Ross have of their own?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Bambi?

2. What did Duke have to do to Caswell Fairweather on stage in The Miracle Worker?

3. What was John Ross's real last name?

4. What was the title of Helen Keller's autobiography that John Ross made Duke read parts of?

5. Who did Duke have her most memorable meeting with during the run of The Miracle Worker?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was it that, as detailed in Chapter 5, Duke was more afraid of the Rosses than she was of God?

2. Why did Duke walk off the set of the Matt Lincoln, M.D. show in 1970?

3. During the run of The Miracle Worker on Broadway, what one part of the temper tantrums in Act 2 did Duke find the most horrible to deal with?

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

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

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

7. Why did Duke feel so close to Jean Byron, the actress who played Duke's mother on The Patty Duke Show?

8. How did John Ross make Duke prepare for The Miracle Worker audition?

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

10. How did Duke act at Annie Bancraft's final performance in The Miracle Worker?

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