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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 fired from The Miracle Worker.
(c) The Booth Theater closed down.
(d) Duke was given star billing on the theater's marquee.

2. What was the title of Helen Keller's autobiography that John Ross made Duke read parts of?
(a) Helen Keller's Life.
(b) In the Seven Woods.
(c) The Story of My Life.
(d) The Land of Little Rain.

3. What was Duke's father's main problem in life?
(a) He was an alcoholic.
(b) He hadn't gone to high school.
(c) He wasn't very tall.
(d) He had no skills.

4. One of Duke's biggest career disappointments was not being cast in which film?
(a) The Bad Seed.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) The Sound of Music.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which summer stock play production did Duke fail to win a part in?

2. What did Duke have to do to Caswell Fairweather on stage in The Miracle Worker?

3. Who was Bambi?

4. Who was the principal earner in the Ross household?

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

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