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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. Where did Hepburn and Luddy marry?

2. What were the names of Hepburn's sisters?

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

4. What happened to Hepburn on the train on her way to Hollywood?

5. How does Hepburn describe her relationship with her living siblings, presently?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What values does Hepburn say her mother passed on to her and her siblings?

3. What story does Hepburn tell about a wild animal in the section titled "Leland Hayward"?

4. What did Hepburn decide she should do while she was working in her second play?

5. Why was Hepburn fired from "The Big Pond"?

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

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

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

9. Why were Hepburn's eyes red and swollen when she arrived to work on her first film? What did her employers assume about her condition?

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

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

Describe Hepburn's childhood. Did she have a happy childhood? What were some of the memories that Hepburn shared with the reader? How might Hepburn's childhood have influenced the person she became?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret Hepburn's family. Describe the members of her immediate family, as well as Hepburn's relationship with each member. What conflicts did Hepburn have with her family? What are some examples of hardships that Hepburn and her family faced?

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