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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 was the name of Hepburn's maternal grandfather?

2. How does Hepburn feel about her parents?

3. Who was given guardianship of Hepburn's aunts after her grandmother died?

4. Why was Hepburn's car not damaged like the house was in 1938?

5. Where did Luddy and Hepburn move to after marrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hepburn say her father learned from his relationship with his mother?

2. How did Leland end his relationship with Hepburn?

3. What does Hepburn credit her mother for allowing when she and her siblings were children?

4. When young, what would Hepburn and her friend Alice do for excitement in Fenwick? Why did they stop doing this?

5. After what event did Jed Harris's treatment of Hepburn change?

6. What party at George Cukor's home does Hepburn recall in particular?

7. After their trip to Fenwick, what did Harris do to make Hepburn's life miserable? What did Hepburn have to do to get out of the situation?

8. What kind of upbringing did Hepburn's mother have?

9. After marrying, what did Hepburn decide to do career-wise?

10. Why does Hepburn believe George Cukor never received the credit he deserved for his work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the struggles faced by Hepburn in the book. What struggles did she face in regards to her career? Her family? Her love life?

Essay Topic 2

Hepburn's film career is well-known, but who was Hepburn the person? What were her defining personality traits? What were her hopes and dreams? Who were the closest people to her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the book. Is the setting of the autobiography an important element of the book? Was this time and place influential to Hepburn's life?

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