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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. What happened to Duke's family's Christmas tree nearly every year when she was a child?
(a) Someone would steal it.
(b) Her mother tipped it over.
(c) Her father threw it out the window.
(d) It would burn down.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year did Duke make headlines in the New York Times?

2. What does Duke associate the smells of Old Spice and alcohol with?

3. In Chapter 12, what were the black woman's cats referred to as?

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

5. What writer did Duke have a crush on in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did John Ross make Duke prepare for The Miracle Worker audition?

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

4. When did Duke realize that the Rosses had attempted to molest her?

5. What was Duke most anxious about, causing her to go into psychotherapy for years?

6. How was the Ross's dog, Bambi, treated?

7. How did Duke come to meet the Rosses?

8. Why was the last day of shooting of The Miracle Worker something Duke had long been dreading?

9. Why did Duke walk off the set of the Matt Lincoln, M.D. show in 1970?

10. How did Duke's mother use the city bus as a form of recreation?

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