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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. The people at the meeting in 1896 were skeptical of ____________.
(a) Beatrix's theories.
(b) Beatrix's credentials.
(c) Beatrix's sanity.
(d) Beatrix's talent.

7. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?
(a) Approach strangers.
(b) Ignore her parents' wisdom.
(c) Create her own world.
(d) Make many friends.

8. What did Beatrix's parents worry about the Warnes?
(a) The Warnes were stealing from Beatrix.
(b) The Warnes were incompetent.
(c) The Warnes disliked them.
(d) The Warnes would corrupt Beatrix.

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

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

11. Why was Beatrix easily exhausted at one point as an adult?
(a) From bad air in her home.
(b) From rheumatic fever.
(c) From a chest infection.
(d) From a stomach disorder.

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

13. What was Beatrix's full name?
(a) Lucy Beatrix Potter.
(b) Jane Beatrix Potter.
(c) Helen Beatrix Potter.
(d) Melanie Beatrix Potter.

14. How are Caroline's political views described?
(a) As liberal.
(b) As conservative.
(c) As radical.
(d) As eccentric.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Caroline have a home?

2. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?

3. What was Beatrix's brother's name?

4. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?

5. What did Beatrix's parents discourage?

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