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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. Dolls from which country overloaded the marketplace?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) Poland.

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

3. How many copies of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" did Beatrix have printed originally?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Two hundred-fifty.

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

5. What was Beatrix's first children's book?
(a) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.
(b) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
(c) The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
(d) The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix's grandfather's position in parliament?

2. What were some qualities that Beatrix admired that were found on her grandmother's side?

3. How long did Beatrix's tenant farmer work on the farm after she bought it?

4. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?

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

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