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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 would Hepburn not admit to Willie Rose in Chapter 4?
(a) Her age.
(b) That she disliked his latest film.
(c) That she hated travelling.
(d) Her true feelings for him.

2. What was the second problem during the making of The Corn is Green?
(a) The shooting location got flooded.
(b) The leading man fell ill.
(c) The lighting people decided to leave.
(d) The weather was horrible.

3. What did Hepburn do instead of going to Tracy's funeral?
(a) She wrote him a message in a bottle and threw it in the ocean.
(b) She had a private ceremony at her home.
(c) She visited his grave later on that week.
(d) She said her goodbyes at the funeral home on the morning of the funeral.

4. Why didn't Hepburn call it a day in Chapter 4 when she became tired?
(a) She was having a lot of fun.
(b) She refused to let the others outwork her.
(c) She didn't want to lose a bet.
(d) She was embarassed.

5. Why had Hepburn been sleeping on the floor beside Tracy's bed on the night he died?
(a) The left side of the bed was broken.
(b) He wasn't feeling well.
(c) Hepburn wanted to be close to the phone.
(d) Tracy kept hogging the blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Willie in Chapter 4?

2. Who did Hepburn take voice lessons from first?

3. Who was David?

4. Who was Alfred Dixon?

5. What special day was it at the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hepburn do to take care of Tracy in the days before he died?

2. How many films did Hepburn and Tracy do together? Name three of them.

3. Who does Hepburn address in the final section of the book, "With Help"?

4. Why did Hepburn need to take voice lessons again from Alfred Dixon? What does she finally learn from him?

5. In what form does Hepburn write the section about her trip to Italy with Willie Rose?

6. When does Hepburn say she fell in love with Tracy? After his death, who did Hepburn strike up a friendship with?

7. What did Hepburn have trouble convincing the young man of in the section titled "Brief Encounter"?

8. What does Hepburn describe doing over a toilet in the section "Happy New Year"?

9. When Tracy died in 1967, what did he leave Hepburn with?

10. In "Leaving the California House", who does Hepburn write a good-bye letter to?

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