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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. Who was Sarah Forbes?

2. What did Tracy leave Hepburn with when he died?

3. To which country was Hepburn sent to to see a doctor in Chapter 5?

4. What did Hepburn reassure Tracy about in the letter in Chapter 6?

5. What is one reason Hepburn and Tracy did not marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hepburn think was the reason her brother didn't listen to the album she sang on?

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

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

4. Why does Hepburn keep working even though she is ready to stop in the section titled "Memorial Day"?

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

6. What did Tracy's wife tell Hepburn a few days after Tracy's death?

7. What problem arose concerning costuming on the film "The Corn is Green"?

8. Why did Hepburn take voice lessons again with Sue Seton?

9. What does Hepburn describe in the section titled "Happy New Year"?

10. Why did Hepburn travel to Italy with Willie Rose?

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 struggles faced by Hepburn in the book. What struggles did she face in regards to her career? Her family? Her love life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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