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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Fairy Caravan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beatrix's parents discourage?
(a) Painting and writing.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Crying.

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

3. How old was Beatrix when Caroline invited her to her home?
(a) Twenty-four years old.
(b) Twenty years old.
(c) Thirty-two years old.
(d) Twenty-eight years old.

4. 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.

5. How is Beatrix's parents' schedule described?
(a) Mundane and routine.
(b) Full of unimportant affairs.
(c) Empty and rather sad.
(d) Hectic and chaotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix write a paper about which was given to the Linnaean Society of London?

2. What would the servants do while the Potter family visited the sea?

3. Who cracked the code in Beatrix's diary?

4. How large was the original "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

5. What did Beatrix's brother confess when his parents objected to Beatrix's second engagement?

(see the answer key)

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