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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Ross's standard positive phrase to Duke, as told in Chapter 13?
(a) "Love ya!"
(b) "You're the best."
(c) "Good girl!"
(d) "Great day!"

2. What did the Rosses have Duke do from her very first audition?
(a) Sing.
(b) Serve cookies.
(c) Dance.
(d) Lie.

3. In which year did Duke make headlines in the New York Times?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

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

5. What happened to Duke's hair when she got too old to wear braids?
(a) The Rosses cut it.
(b) She dyed it blond.
(c) The Rosses gave her a body wave.
(d) She wore it down.

6. Who did the Rosses hope to create a duplicate of, by way of Duke?
(a) Lana Turner.
(b) Grace Kelly.
(c) Audrey Hepburn.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

7. In Chapter 4, it is noted that Mrs. Duke lived in a basement apartment in:
(a) Elmhurst.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) The Upper West Side.
(d) Astoria.

8. In Chapter 12, what were the black woman's cats referred to as?
(a) Kitties.
(b) Meows.
(c) Choo-choos.
(d) Chirruns.

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

10. What did Bill Schallert very often pretend to be around Duke?
(a) A monkey.
(b) Her father.
(c) A woman.
(d) Not very bright.

11. What is the title of the science fiction film that Duke was in from 1959?
(a) The Atomic Kid.
(b) The 4-D Man.
(c) The Blob.
(d) They Came From Outer Space.

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

13. In Chapter 11, what did a woman in the supermarket say to Duke in 1979, which led her to lose forty pounds?
(a) She asked if Duke needed help walking.
(b) She called her too fat for the aisles.
(c) She told Duke she could not see past her.
(d) She asked when Duke's baby was due.

14. Who did Duke have her most memorable meeting with during the run of The Miracle Worker?
(a) Helen Keller.
(b) Katharine Cornell.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Cary Grant.

15. When Duke was eight-years-old, Ethel Ross made her wear clothing for a child of what age?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Duke most worried about during Duke's near-accidental drowning in Chapter 11?

2. What part on The Patty Duke Show did Jean Byron play?

3. What has Duke descended from a very long line of?

4. Why did Duke sometimes purposely make mistakes during rehearsals of The Miracle Worker?

5. Who did Duke appear with in the television production of "One Red Rose for Christmas"?

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