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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Mrs. Heelis of Sawrey.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which characters did Beatrix imbue with a sense of pride and self-reliance?
(a) Her rabbit characters.
(b) Her foreign characters.
(c) Her housewife characters.
(d) Her child characters.

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

4. In her later years, what did Beatrix believe would depress her?
(a) Her gray hair.
(b) Idleness.
(c) Death.
(d) Growing old.

5. Who urged Beatrix to submit "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" for publication?
(a) Bertram.
(b) Canon Rawnsley.
(c) Her father.
(d) Uncle Roscoe Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is "The Tailor of Gloucester" said to be different from Beatrix's other books?

2. How old was Beatrix when she died?

3. Beatrix's childhood nurse is described as ________________.

4. What year was the code in Beatrix's diary cracked?

5. What was the name of the farm Beatrix purchased in 1905?

(see the answer key)

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