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

2. What role-playing game did Duke play with her childhood friend, Margie?
(a) Being nuns.
(b) Acting.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Acting as parents.

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

4. Why did the Rosses let Duke leave the apartment on her own to begin filming in Chapter 12?
(a) They did not want to get up that early.
(b) They felt she was independent enough.
(c) They had someone follow Duke.
(d) They were ready to let her branch off on her own.

5. What happened to Duke's hair when she got too old to wear braids?
(a) She wore it down.
(b) The Rosses cut it.
(c) The Rosses gave her a body wave.
(d) She dyed it blond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Rosses hope to create a duplicate of, by way of Duke?

2. Which summer stock play production did Duke fail to win a part in?

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

4. What were there a lot of in the isolation booths of The $64,000 Challenge?

5. How many children did Ethel and John Ross have of their own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, what was one of the worst stage experiences Duke ever had?

3. When did Duke realize that the Rosses had attempted to molest her?

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

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

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

7. When filming for The Miracle Worker movie began, why was Duke thrilled to be able to travel to the set on her own?

8. What job did Duke have to do as a child that involved going to a bar?

9. In what way does Duke believe she was well trained by the Rosses?

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

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