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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Peter Rabbit.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was angered by the condescension at the meeting in 1896?
(a) Mrs. Potter.
(b) Bertram.
(c) Beatrix.
(d) Uncle Henry.

3. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?
(a) The ideas of familial love.
(b) The ideas of lightness and darkness.
(c) The ideas of animal behavior.
(d) The ideas of heredity.

4. For what type of equality did Beatrix's grandfather campaign?
(a) Religious equality.
(b) Racial equality.
(c) Gender equality.
(d) Workplace equality.

5. What did Beatrix write a paper about which was given to the Linnaean Society of London?
(a) Mold spores.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Mosses native to Scotland.
(d) Disappearing tree species.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Beatrix easily exhausted at one point as an adult?

2. What interests did Miss Hammond encourage in Beatrix?

3. What would Beatrix and her brother often do with the animals and plants they observed?

4. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?

5. What did Beatrix's parents help her do prior to the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

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