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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 was Dick able to recover from the house after it was destroyed in 1938?

2. Who did Hepburn begin to spend more time with after breaking up with Putnam?

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

4. When did Fanny die?

5. What was the name of the production where Hepburn landed her first role?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Leland end his relationship with Hepburn?

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

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

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

7. What did Hepburn think of Howard Hughes at first? How did the two of them get to know each other better?

8. After the end of her relationship with Leland, what did Hepburn's friends and family tell her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hepburn's relationships with the different men in her life (except for Tracy). How does she describe her relationships with Luddy, Howard and Leland? Why does she break up with each of these men?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the book. Is the setting of the autobiography an important element of the book? Was this time and place influential to Hepburn's life?

Essay Topic 3

Describe a few of the anecdotes which Hepburn shared with the reader. Why did she choose to include these anecdotes, and what are their significance?

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