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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 did Beatrix focus her life on after marrying?
(a) Writing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Charity work.
(d) Raising a family.
2. What is characteristic of many of the locations in Beatrix's books?
(a) They are free of humans.
(b) They are real.
(c) They are imaginary.
(d) They are named after her friends.
3. How big was Trouthbeck Park?
(a) Two thousand acres.
(b) Twenty-four acres.
(c) Four thousand acres.
(d) Five hundred acres.
4. Why didn't Beatrix publish one of her books in Britain?
(a) The cost of distribution was too high.
(b) It was anti-British.
(c) She wanted to give a special gift to Americans.
(d) It was too autobiographical.
5. What was Beatrix excited to show off at local county fairs?
(a) Her affection for the community.
(b) Her baking skills.
(c) Her farm animals.
(d) Her art work.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the person who visited Beatrix in 1927 discover?
2. What was Beatrix mesmerized by at Troutbeck?
3. Where did Beatrix find her mother a new home after the War?
4. According to the author, Beatrix's water colors were perfect for ____________.
5. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Beatrix prepare for her operation in 1939?
2. According to Lane, what put an end to Beatrix's best writing years?
3. What did Beatrix find difficult about farm life?
4. What does Lane suggest allowed Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?
5. What does Lane say caused "Sister Anne" to fail?
6. How was Beatrix's time at Hill Top Farm reflected in the books she published?
7. What event does Lane consider as marking the end of Beatrix's creative period?
8. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?
9. What softened Beatrix's reticence for interacting with the public?
10. Where did Beatrix settle her mother after her father's death?
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