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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event took place for Duke on March 7, 1960?
(a) The Rosses left Duke as managers.
(b) Duke was given star billing on the theater's marquee.
(c) Duke was fired from The Miracle Worker.
(d) The Booth Theater closed down.

2. What was "Skelly and Larney's"?
(a) The local deli.
(b) A funeral home.
(c) The church.
(d) A neighborhood bar.

3. How many children did Ethel and John Ross have of their own?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

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

5. What television show was Duke guest-starring in when she was called to Sid Sheinberg's office?
(a) Happy Days.
(b) Wonder Woman.
(c) The Six Million Dollar Man.
(d) Matt Lincoln, M.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her very first acting jobs does Duke remember best?

2. In Chapter 11, what did a woman in the supermarket say to Duke in 1979, which led her to lose forty pounds?

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

4. What did Duke have to walk to a bar to get as a child?

5. What became a major concern and source of anxiety to Duke because of something Ethel Ross said when she changed Duke's name?

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