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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Duke's mother's hand when the family lived on East 31st Street?

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, what did a woman in the supermarket say to Duke in 1979, which led her to lose forty pounds?

5. Where did Duke's father take her on Sundays after church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Duke act at Annie Bancraft's final performance in The Miracle Worker?

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

3. What sort of lies would the Rosses make up in order to get acting work for Duke?

4. Why would Shirley Bernstein get nervous when asking Duke four questions?

5. Why did Duke feel so close to Jean Byron, the actress who played Duke's mother on The Patty Duke Show?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of death throughout Duke's book. What evidence does Duke give that death is an important element throughout her life?

Essay Topic 2

Duke relays two instances when John Ross (and Ethel in one instance) attempted to molest her. Explain how these instances color her feelings towards the Rosses. Examine why Duke would continue to live with them and not reach out for help at the time.

Essay Topic 3

When Ethel Ross's mother died, Duke was devastated. How did "Gramma" have a direct effect upon Duke's relationship with the Rosses? How did her death become the impetus for a break between Duke and the Rosses?

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