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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. What year did Beatrix finish "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1899.

2. How did Beatrix's parents become wealthy?
(a) Her father worked constantly.
(b) They inherited their money.
(c) They were lucky with stocks.
(d) Her mother had an excellent business sense.

3. Who took care of Beatrix's property during World War I?
(a) A hired worker.
(b) Beatrix's father.
(c) Bertram.
(d) Beatrix.

4. Who was Miss Hammond?
(a) A cousin.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A schoolmistress.
(d) An author.

5. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Twenty-one years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.

3. Which of Beatrix's American-published books was a failure?

4. What was Beatrix's parents' approach to religion?

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

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