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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Duke's brother Ray have to fly home from to identify their father's body?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

2. Why did Duke's mother spend time on the roof of their building?
(a) To smoke cigarettes.
(b) To make sure their ceiling did not leak.
(c) She considered jumping.
(d) To see what her kids were doing in the streets.

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

4. Who was Sidney Sheldon?
(a) He wrote the pilot for the Patty Duke Show.
(b) He was Duke's date at the Oscars.
(c) He was Duke's real father.
(d) He played Duke's boyfriend on her TV show.

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

6. What has Ray not done ever since his father died?
(a) Smoked cigarettes.
(b) Flew on an airplane.
(c) Taken drugs.
(d) Consumed alcohol.

7. What has Duke descended from a very long line of?
(a) Actors.
(b) Alcoholics.
(c) Drug addicts.
(d) Truck drivers.

8. What was John Ross's real last name?
(a) Rossi.
(b) Valentine.
(c) Rossini.
(d) Rossberg.

9. Why did the Rosses have Stanley Praeger fired in Chapter 14?
(a) He abused Duke.
(b) He was getting too close to Duke.
(c) He was always late to the set.
(d) He was not a good director.

10. What had Ethel Ross once done for a living?
(a) She sang.
(b) She was a dancer.
(c) She waited tables.
(d) She was an actress.

11. What did the Rosses have a doctor give Duke a shot of whenever she was ill in Chapter 11?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Penicillin.
(c) Percodan.
(d) Allergy medicine.

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

13. What role-playing game did Duke play with her childhood friend, Margie?
(a) Acting.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Acting as parents.
(d) Being nuns.

14. What, cinematically, was there a lack of in The Miracle Worker film?
(a) Color film.
(b) Sound.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Close-ups.

15. What writer did Duke have a crush on in Chapter 8?
(a) Walter Miller.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
(c) John Mortimer.
(d) Arthur Penn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Duke was eight-years-old, Ethel Ross made her wear clothing for a child of what age?

2. What was the next stage role the Rosses found for Duke after The Miracle Worker?

3. What was Duke's real name, that the Rosses wanted to change?

4. What has Duke never been able to deal with successfully?

5. What did Duke throw at Sid Sheinberg, president of MCA, in 1970?

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