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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 month was it when Hepburn's house was destroyed?

2. What organization was Hepburn's mother a member of?

3. Which of the following was NOT a Hepburn film?

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

5. How old was the birthday girl turning at Cukor's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Hepburn's relationship with her siblings like? Which of her siblings have passed away?

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

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

9. In the section "Early Career", what career difficulty does Hepburn share?

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

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

Discuss the motif of ambition in the autobiography "Me: Stories of My LIfe". What are some examples of ambition in the book? Was Hepburn an ambitious person? Why or why not? What were her goals and dreams? How did she go about achieving them, and was she successful?

Essay Topic 3

What struggles or obstacles did Hepburn face early on in her career? How did she overcome them? What productions was Hepburn involved in during her early years as an actress? What were some anecdotes she shared of this time period?

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