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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?
(a) The ideas of lightness and darkness.
(b) The ideas of animal behavior.
(c) The ideas of heredity.
(d) The ideas of familial love.

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

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

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

6. How did Beatrix feel growing up as a result of not being a part of her parents' lives?
(a) Free.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Independent.
(d) Unwanted.

7. Why didn't Beatrix's parents want her to marry Norman?
(a) He was wealthy.
(b) He was a publisher.
(c) He was a social climber.
(d) He was younger than Beatrix.

8. What would the servants do while the Potter family visited the sea?
(a) They would visit their loved ones.
(b) They would clean the home.
(c) They would accompany the Potters.
(d) They would rest.

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

10. Beatrix's childhood nurse is described as ________________.
(a) A hillbilly.
(b) A Liberal.
(c) An atheist.
(d) A Scottish Calvinist.

11. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?
(a) Its vibrancy.
(b) Its solemnity.
(c) Its lavishness.
(d) Its coldness.

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

13. What did Bertram's art focus on?
(a) The Scottish countryside.
(b) The Lake District.
(c) Cityscapes.
(d) The English coast.

14. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?
(a) To visit family.
(b) For their father's business.
(c) For their father's amusement.
(d) For safety.

15. How is Beatrix described as a child?
(a) Passive, forlorn, and awkward.
(b) Quiet, solitary, and observant.
(c) Carefree, silly, and sweet.
(d) Loud, resilient, and stubborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Caroline have a home?

2. What holiday did the Potter family never celebrate?

3. Which member of the Potter family was not interested in art?

4. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?

5. When was Warnes sent a copy of "The Tailor of Gloucester"?

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