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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 did Beatrix find children's literature was treated in America?
(a) Seriously.
(b) As a novelty.
(c) As an increasingly important genre.
(d) With confusion.

2. What did Beatrix live without during her youth?
(a) Religion.
(b) Literature.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Superstition.

3. What inspired the story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?
(a) Mice Beatrix caught in her kitchen.
(b) A story a little girl told Beatrix.
(c) Two ceramic mice figurines.
(d) Norman's pet mice.

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

5. What did Beatrix's diary often talk about?
(a) Her ambitions.
(b) Her pets.
(c) Her family's past.
(d) Her travels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?

2. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.

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

4. What does Lane say amuses adults about Beatrix's works?

5. What was Beatrix keen to adopt after marrying?

(see the answer key)

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