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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which scene in the movie was the most exhausting for everyone to film?
(a) The miracle scene.
(b) The tantrum scene.
(c) The meeting of Annie.
(d) Helen begging for food.

2. What did Duke do to her understudy on a matinee day in Chapter 10?
(a) Made her sick.
(b) Let her go on.
(c) Tripped her onstage.
(d) Ripped her clothes off.

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

4. What does Duke associate the smells of Old Spice and alcohol with?
(a) Her brother, Ray.
(b) Her father.
(c) Irish funerals.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Bambi?

2. What was John Ross's real last name?

3. What show had Eddie Hodges, the boy she competed with on The $64,000 Challenge, been in?

4. By what name does Duke refer to the Rosses in Chapter 12?

5. With what illness was Duke diagnosed in 1982?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When filming for The Miracle Worker movie began, why was Duke thrilled to be able to travel to the set on her own?

3. During the run of The Miracle Worker on Broadway, what one part of the temper tantrums in Act 2 did Duke find the most horrible to deal with?

4. What did the Rosses do for Duke if she even seemed to be getting sick?

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

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

7. What philosophical approach, suggested by Astin, does Duke follow today?

8. Why did John Ross change his name from John Valentine Rossi?

9. In what way does Duke believe she was well trained by the Rosses?

10. What did Duke find herself praying for in Chapter 6?

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