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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. How is the farm Beatrix purchased described?
(a) Run-down.
(b) Prosperous.
(c) Unpretentious.
(d) State-of-the-art.

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

3. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?
(a) As eccentric.
(b) As naive.
(c) As glamorous.
(d) As creative.

4. What does Beatrix express her sense of through her characters?
(a) Entire species.
(b) Human foibles.
(c) The workings of children's imaginations.
(d) Archetypal characteristics.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests did Miss Hammond encourage in Beatrix?

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

3. In Chapter 5, what is said to have become a problem for Beatrix as she got more famous?

4. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?

5. What was the follow-up book to Peter Rabbit?

(see the answer key)

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