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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 did the Rosses hope to create a duplicate of, by way of Duke?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Lana Turner.
(c) Grace Kelly.
(d) Audrey Hepburn.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Sidney Sheldon?

3. What happened to Duke's mother's hand when the family lived on East 31st Street?

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

5. What night of the year was it when Duke's sister went out with a man and her mother attacked herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of lies would the Rosses make up in order to get acting work for Duke?

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

3. Why did John Ross change his name from John Valentine Rossi?

4. How did Duke's mother use the city bus as a form of recreation?

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

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

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

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

9. While onstage during The Miracle Worker in Chapter 9, what did actor Thorin Thatcher do when he forgot his lines?

10. 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?

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