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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Beatrix's parents' schedule described?
(a) Hectic and chaotic.
(b) Empty and rather sad.
(c) Full of unimportant affairs.
(d) Mundane and routine.

2. What interests did Miss Hammond encourage in Beatrix?
(a) Her interest in nature.
(b) Her interest in travel.
(c) Her interest in writing.
(d) Her interest in farming.

3. Norman died of________.
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Influenza.

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

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

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

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

8. What was Beatrix's father's profession?
(a) General.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Author.
(d) Barrister.

9. To what religious group did Beatrix's parents belong?
(a) The Mormons.
(b) The Presbyterians.
(c) The Lutherans.
(d) The Unitarians.

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

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

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

13. How large was the original "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) Three inches square.
(b) Four by five inches.
(c) Eight by eleven inches.
(d) Seven by nine inches.

14. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?
(a) Trade their seeds.
(b) Draw them.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Press them.

15. What was the surname of Beatrix's cousin Caroline?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Hutton.
(c) Harking.
(d) Houston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beatrix feel growing up as a result of not being a part of her parents' lives?

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

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

4. How did Beatrix's personality change as time went on in her youth?

5. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?

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