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

2. What did Duke get to say to Annie during The MIracle Worker play, without the audience knowing it was her speaking?

3. Who was Sidney Sheldon?

4. Why did Duke's mother spend time on the roof of their building?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. Where did Duke's passion for acting begin?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Duke married Michael Tell, a man she did not even know. What does the photograph of the two of them show about her mindset at the time? How, according to Duke, could she marry a complete stranger, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Duke's mother was characterized as a very weak person. Examine and detail the ways in which one can easily come to this conclusion. Were there any examples of Mrs. Duke showing strength in character? How did the Rosses treat her?

Essay Topic 3

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

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