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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Bertram's art focus on?
(a) The Lake District.
(b) Cityscapes.
(c) The English coast.
(d) The Scottish countryside.

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

5. What would Beatrix carry instead of luggage on her travels?
(a) An easel and paintbox.
(b) Animals carriers.
(c) Laundry bags.
(d) Picnic baskets.

6. As children, what would Beatrix and her brother do with animal corpses?
(a) Bury them.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Skin them.
(d) Draw them.

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

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

9. What did Beatrix's parents object to in Chapter 4?
(a) Her charitable donations.
(b) Her feud with her brother.
(c) Her stories' subject matter.
(d) Her distance from them.

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

11. For what type of equality did Beatrix's grandfather campaign?
(a) Racial equality.
(b) Workplace equality.
(c) Gender equality.
(d) Religious equality.

12. After Beatrix's brother left home, what type of animal did Beatrix focus on?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Mice.
(c) Groundhogs.
(d) Owls.

13. Where was Beatrix born?
(a) Clifton Heights.
(b) Bolton Gardens.
(c) Meadowbrook.
(d) Willowdown Valley.

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

15. What did Beatrix do in the countryside while visiting Caroline?
(a) Wrote poetry.
(b) Hunted fowl.
(c) Photographed animals.
(d) Caught butterflied.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?

3. How large was the original "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

4. What legend did Beatrix's parents respect?

5. Beatrix's childhood nurse is described as ________________.

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