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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Beatrix's grandfather's position in parliament?
(a) He was a Liberal MP.
(b) He was the Lord Speaker.
(c) He was the Sergeant-at-Arms
(d) He was a Conservative MP.

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

3. How long did it take to translate the code in Beatrix's diary?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

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

5. What inspired the story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?
(a) Mice Beatrix caught in her kitchen.
(b) A story a little girl told Beatrix.
(c) Norman's pet mice.
(d) Two ceramic mice figurines.

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

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

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

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

10. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?
(a) A printing press.
(b) A buggy.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A rabbit hutch.

11. In which season did Beatrix publish "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

12. What legend did Beatrix's parents respect?
(a) The Roscoe legend.
(b) The Crompton legend.
(c) The Leech legend.
(d) The Potter legend.

13. What did Beatrix and her brother make together as children?
(a) Ink.
(b) Sculpting clay.
(c) Soap.
(d) Root beer.

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

15. How did Beatrix's parents become wealthy?
(a) They inherited their money.
(b) Her mother had an excellent business sense.
(c) They were lucky with stocks.
(d) Her father worked constantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix's first children's book?

2. Norman died of________.

3. What was the name of Beatrix's hedgehog character?

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

5. How did Beatrix view her childhood surroundings?

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