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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Beatrix Potter Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Beatrix's full name?
(a) Helen Beatrix Potter.
(b) Melanie Beatrix Potter.
(c) Lucy Beatrix Potter.
(d) Jane Beatrix Potter.

3. How did Beatrix's personality change as time went on in her youth?
(a) She became short-tempered.
(b) She became serious.
(c) She became distrustful.
(d) She became more shy.

4. What was the surname of Beatrix's cousin Caroline?
(a) Harking.
(b) Houston.
(c) Hutton.
(d) Holmes.

5. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?
(a) Adventures around the world.
(b) The people who lived nearby.
(c) The animals she saw.
(d) Characteristics of certain plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children's books did Beatrice write in the eight years after she purchased her farm?

2. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?

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

4. How long did it take to translate the code in Beatrix's diary?

5. What does Lane note Beatrix's stories usually lack?

(see the answer key)

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