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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would the Potter family go in the summer?
(a) To Scotland.
(b) To Spain.
(c) To France.
(d) To Italy.

2. Around what holiday would the Potter family visit the sea?
(a) Easter.
(b) Victoria Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Christmas.

3. Whom did Beatrix's Uncle Roscoe arrange for her to meet in 1896?
(a) The Director of the Royal Ballet.
(b) The Director of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
(c) The Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
(d) The Director of the Royal Society of Arts.

4. In Chapter 4, what was Beatrix said to have thought was "the crown of a woman's life"?
(a) Her fashion.
(b) Her home.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) Marriage.

5. Who was Canon Rawnsely?
(a) A professor.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A Scottish laird.
(d) A vicar.

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

7. What did Beatrix and her brother collect together as children?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) Matchbooks.
(d) Stamps.

8. What part of animal corpses would Beatrix and her brother keep?
(a) The skins.
(b) The bones.
(c) No parts.
(d) The teeth.

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

10. Where did Caroline have a home?
(a) Haresfield.
(b) Huddinknoll.
(c) Harescombe Grange.
(d) Holcombe Hill.

11. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?
(a) To offer him a kitten.
(b) He was sick.
(c) To inform him he had won a prize.
(d) For his birthday.

12. How old was Beatrix when Caroline invited her to her home?
(a) Thirty-two years old.
(b) Twenty-eight years old.
(c) Twenty-four years old.
(d) Twenty years old.

13. According to Chapter 2, which of the following did not bother Beatrix?
(a) Silence.
(b) Her parents' disapproval.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Filth.

14. What did Beatrix ask to sketch in Chapter 4?
(a) Shop interiors.
(b) Farm animals.
(c) People.
(d) Cottages.

15. Who was angered by the condescension at the meeting in 1896?
(a) Beatrix.
(b) Uncle Henry.
(c) Mrs. Potter.
(d) Bertram.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Norman's personality made her more comfortable with him?

2. What kind of lessons did Beatrix take as an adult?

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

4. What did Beatrix NOT think was beautiful during her trips to Scotland?

5. What did Beatrix use to help draw the art for "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?

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