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

2. What did Warnes tell Beatrix she would have to do if she wanted him to publish "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) Rewrite the story to be about humans.
(b) Find a more experienced illustrator.
(c) Cut the story down by five pages.
(d) Color her drawings.

3. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.
(a) Her water color illustrations.
(b) Her rhymes.
(c) Her characters.
(d) Her story's moral.

4. What did Beatrix make critical comments of in her diary from her early twenties?
(a) Plays.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Books.
(d) Operas.

5. How large was the original "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) Seven by nine inches.
(b) Eight by eleven inches.
(c) Four by five inches.
(d) Three inches square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix's first children's book?

2. What was the name of the village local to Beatrix's farm?

3. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?

4. How did children respond to "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?

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

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