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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?
(a) Work.
(b) Gamble and play sports.
(c) Paint.
(d) Hunt and fish.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Beatrix carry instead of luggage on her travels?

2. What did Beatrix make critical comments of in her diary from her early twenties?

3. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?

4. What did Beatrix and her brother make together as children?

5. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in Gloucester, what story did Beatrix compose? What did she think of this story?

2. What did Beatrix's parents fear about the Warnes family? Why didn't Beatrix's parents want Beatrix to marry Norman?

3. What did Beatrix think of her childhood surroundings?

4. How did Beatrix deal with the pain of Norman's death?

5. How did Beatrix spend her days after Bertram left home?

6. Describe Mrs. Edmund Potter, Beatrix's grandmother.

7. How is Beatrix's cousin Caroline Hutton described in Chapter 4?

8. At the end of Chapter 1, what does the reader learn about Beatrix's beliefs?

9. How did Beatrix go about printing her own copies of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

10. What did Bertram and Beatrix do together as children?

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