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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lived at 316 East 31st Street?

2. In which year did Duke make headlines in the New York Times?

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

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

5. Why was The Patty Duke Show so exciting for Duke to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Duke's behavior as a child TV star living with the Rosses and her behavior as an adult.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Duke's mother's attitudes toward her home, her children and her husband. How was her mother a driving force in shaping Duke's attitudes toward life?

Essay Topic 3

Duke married assistant director Harry Falk and escaped the grips of the Rosses at last. Explore the relationship between Duke and Harry Falk. Why did she marry this particular man? What was the trajectory of their relationship?

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