The key answer of exercise 7

b)

1. No
2. writer, actress, cable car conductor, waitress, cook, singer, dancer, lecturer
3. the arts and politics
4. She overcame great difficulties as a child and young woman, she did whatever it took to support her family, she achieved a great deal in different fields, particularly the arts and writing, and she had great courage and an appetite for life and expression.

c)

1. grow up
2. pick up
3. look up to
4. pass away
5. go on
6. go by
7. take on
8. stand for
9. drop out
10. be brought up