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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. Which of the following movies did Hepburn not do with Tracy?

2. How did Hepburn prove her identity in Chapter 5?

3. What area of performing was Hepburn never confident with?

4. Who did Hepburn take voice lessons from first?

5. Why didn't Hepburn call it a day in Chapter 4 when she became tired?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Frances Robinson-Duff unsuccessfully try to teach Hepburn to do when she gave her voice lessons?

4. When Hepburn's eyes started to bleed after her operation, what did the nurse instruct her to do?

5. What did Hepburn do to take care of Tracy in the days before he died?

6. How many films did Hepburn and Tracy do together? Name three of them.

7. When Tracy died in 1967, what did he leave Hepburn with?

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

9. Where did the filming of "The Corn is Green" take place? Who owned the property?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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