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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. Where was Hepburn when she saw her mother cry for the first and only time?
(a) Waiting in the hospital during a loved one's surgery.
(b) On a ferry on the way to a crematorium.
(c) Sitting on a bench in a graveyard.
(d) Sitting in the back of a taxi following a funeral.

2. How old was the birthday girl turning at Cukor's home?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty-five.

3. What was Mayer's profession?
(a) He was a dance choreographer.
(b) He was in the oil industry.
(c) He was in newspaper publishing.
(d) He was the head of a film studio.

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

5. What did Leland often do while Hepburn ate dinner?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Play solitaire.
(c) Sing to her.
(d) Drink a glass of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie was Hepburn making when she met Howard Hughes?

2. What kind of lessons was Hepburn taking when she met Luddy?

3. Where did Hepburn and Luddy marry?

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

5. Who was the director for the movie Alice Adams?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hepburn's eldest brother die? Why did her father, Dr. Hepburn, feel responsible?

2. How did Leland end his relationship with Hepburn?

3. What difficulty on the set of "Alice Adams" does Hepburn recount?

4. 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?

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

6. How did Hepburn's father react to her relationship with H. Phelps Putnam?

7. How did Luddy upset Hughes when he visited Fenwick? What words did Dr. Hepburn have for Hughes on this occasion?

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

9. What did Hepburn's maternal grandmother, Caroline, want her daughters to do in their lives?

10. After they married, what did Hepburn ask Luddy to change about himself? Why?

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