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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inspired the story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?
(a) A story a little girl told Beatrix.
(b) Norman's pet mice.
(c) Two ceramic mice figurines.
(d) Mice Beatrix caught in her kitchen.

2. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Trade their seeds.
(c) Draw them.
(d) Press them.

3. What would Beatrix and her brother often do with the animals and plants they observed?
(a) Give them new names.
(b) Photograph them.
(c) Write stories about them.
(d) Paint and draw them.

4. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?
(a) To visit family.
(b) For their father's business.
(c) For their father's amusement.
(d) For safety.

5. How is "The Tailor of Gloucester" said to be different from Beatrix's other books?
(a) It is more diverse.
(b) It is more adult.
(c) It is in rhyme.
(d) It is about human characters.

6. How did Beatrix feel growing up as a result of not being a part of her parents' lives?
(a) Independent.
(b) Free.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Unwanted.

7. Why didn't Beatrix's parents want her to marry Norman?
(a) He was wealthy.
(b) He was a social climber.
(c) He was a publisher.
(d) He was younger than Beatrix.

8. What interests did Miss Hammond encourage in Beatrix?
(a) Her interest in writing.
(b) Her interest in farming.
(c) Her interest in travel.
(d) Her interest in nature.

9. Who was Miss Hammond?
(a) An author.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A schoolmistress.
(d) A cousin.

10. What did Beatrix live without during her youth?
(a) Superstition.
(b) Religion.
(c) Literature.
(d) Discipline.

11. In which season did Beatrix publish "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

12. What kind of lessons did Beatrix take as an adult?
(a) Singing lessons.
(b) Drawing lessons.
(c) Etiquette lessons.
(d) Cooking lessons.

13. What did Beatrix make critical comments of in her diary from her early twenties?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Operas.
(c) Plays.
(d) Books.

14. For what type of equality did Beatrix's grandfather campaign?
(a) Workplace equality.
(b) Gender equality.
(c) Religious equality.
(d) Racial equality.

15. The people at the meeting in 1896 were skeptical of ____________.
(a) Beatrix's sanity.
(b) Beatrix's credentials.
(c) Beatrix's talent.
(d) Beatrix's theories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix do in the countryside while visiting Caroline?

2. What did Warnes tell Beatrix she would have to do if she wanted him to publish "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

3. How is Beatrix described as a child?

4. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?

5. After Beatrix's brother left home, what type of animal did Beatrix focus on?

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