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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 the Rosses prep Duke for, with John Ross quizzing her on every possible topic or approach?
(a) Media interviews.
(b) Acting roles.
(c) Auditions.
(d) Academic tests.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Ross's standard positive phrase to Duke, as told in Chapter 13?

2. Where did Duke's brother Ray have to fly home from to identify their father's body?

3. What was the main reason that the Rosses were willing to let Duke leave The Miracle Worker play?

4. What happened to Duke just before rehearsals as the result of an accident in Chapter 9?

5. Who lived at 316 East 31st Street?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the Rosses ease The Miracle Worker's producers' fears that Duke would grow tall too quickly to fit into the role for long?

5. What were some of the things about her parts in the play, The Miracle Worker, that Duke liked best?

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

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

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

9. Why was the last day of shooting of The Miracle Worker something Duke had long been dreading?

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

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