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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?
(a) Adventures around the world.
(b) The animals she saw.
(c) Characteristics of certain plants.
(d) The people who lived nearby.

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

4. What was against Caroline's beliefs?
(a) Organized religion.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Charity.
(d) Women working.

5. What did Beatrix use to help draw the art for "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?
(a) Stencils.
(b) Models.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Norman's pet mice.

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

7. In what fad of the time did Beatrix's father like to engage?
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Stage acting.
(c) Bird watching.
(d) Amateur photography.

8. What year was the code in Beatrix's diary cracked?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1961.

9. What would Beatrix and her brother often do with the animals and plants they observed?
(a) Write stories about them.
(b) Photograph them.
(c) Give them new names.
(d) Paint and draw them.

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

11. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.
(a) Her rhymes.
(b) Her water color illustrations.
(c) Her characters.
(d) Her story's moral.

12. Which member of the Potter family was not interested in art?
(a) Uncle Roscoe Henry.
(b) Beatrix.
(c) Mrs. Potter.
(d) Mr. Potter.

13. Why did the people at the meeting in 1896 dislike Beatrix's drawings?
(a) They were amateur.
(b) They were not abstract.
(c) They were not realistic.
(d) They were uncolored.

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

15. How are Beatrix's grandparents described?
(a) Cold and standoffish.
(b) Mean and cranky.
(c) Original and wild.
(d) Sad and forgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were Beatrix and Norman when they decided to marry?

2. What holiday did the Potter family never celebrate?

3. What was Beatrix's full name?

4. According to the diary, what did Beatrix resent?

5. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?

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