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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Hepburn's mother?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Madeleine.
(d) Susanna.

2. What year did Hepburn's mother die?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1953.

3. Who was given guardianship of Hepburn's aunts after her grandmother died?
(a) Caroline Houghton.
(b) Katherine Houghton.
(c) Jessica Houghton.
(d) Samantha Houghton.

4. How did Hepburn's father learn to be so sensitive to women?
(a) He was close to his mother.
(b) He had many sisters and daughters.
(c) He grew up in a nunnery.
(d) He was raised by his two aunts.

5. What did Caroline die of?
(a) Injuries sustained from a car accident.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Pnemonia.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Fanny die?

2. Where was Hepburn when she saw her mother cry for the first and only time?

3. How did Hepburn's maternal grandfather die?

4. Which of Hepburn's siblings died at the age of seventy?

5. What was Hepburn's father doing when he met her mother?

(see the answer key)

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