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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. How did Hepburn's father learn to be so sensitive to women?

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

3. What did Caroline die of?

4. Where did Hepburn grow up?

5. Who was originally wanted for Hepburn's role in The Warrior's Husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes did Hepburn's parents work for?

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

6. How was Fenwick destroyed in 1938? What were the Hepburns able to retrieve from the house?

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

8. How long did Hepburn stay in Hollywood making films before returning to New York? How did she and Luddy meet during this time?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Hepburn's film career is well-known, but who was Hepburn the person? What were her defining personality traits? What were her hopes and dreams? Who were the closest people to her?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of "Me: Stories of My Life"? What are the elements of this genre? What are some other famous titles of this genre? What do these titles have in common with this book?

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