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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?
(a) Gamble and play sports.
(b) Paint.
(c) Hunt and fish.
(d) Work.

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

5. What year did Beatrix finish "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1910.

6. Who cracked the code in Beatrix's diary?
(a) Mr. Limpet.
(b) Mr. Linder.
(c) Mr. Lowe.
(d) Mr. Little.

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

8. What was the name of Beatrix's hedgehog character?
(a) Miss Moppet.
(b) Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
(c) Cecily Parsley.
(d) Jeremy Fisher.

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

10. What did Beatrix make critical comments of in her diary from her early twenties?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Books.
(c) Plays.
(d) Operas.

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

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

13. How old were Beatrix and Norman when they decided to marry?
(a) Nearly forty years old.
(b) Forty-five years old.
(c) Thirty-five years old.
(d) Nearly thirty years old.

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

15. What did Beatrix live without during her youth?
(a) Literature.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Religion.
(d) Superstition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix's parents object to in Chapter 4?

2. How many copies of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" did Beatrix have printed originally?

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

4. What was the surname of Beatrix's cousin Caroline?

5. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?

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