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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. Which of Beatrix's characters was made into a doll?
(a) Jemima Puddle-Duck.
(b) Timmy Tiptoes.
(c) Peter Rabbit.
(d) Tom Kitten.

2. When was Warnes sent a copy of "The Tailor of Gloucester"?
(a) May Day, 1902.
(b) New Year's Day, 1902.
(c) Easter, 1902.
(d) Christmas, 1902.

3. Why was Beatrix easily exhausted at one point as an adult?
(a) From a stomach disorder.
(b) From rheumatic fever.
(c) From a chest infection.
(d) From bad air in her home.

4. How did other books choose to illustrate animal characters?
(a) Colorfully.
(b) Realistically.
(c) Abstractly.
(d) Grotesquely.

5. What enabled Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?
(a) Providing illustrations of them.
(b) Dressing them in clothes.
(c) Basing them on people she knew.
(d) Their real-life counterparts which she cared for.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beatrix feel about being famous in her middle age?

2. How old were Beatrix and Norman when they decided to marry?

3. What was the surname of Beatrix's cousin Caroline?

4. Even though she owned her own home, how much of Beatrix's time was she expected to spend with her parents?

5. What happened after the decade of Beatrix's best writing?

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