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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who urged Beatrix to submit "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" for publication?
(a) Bertram.
(b) Her father.
(c) Canon Rawnsley.
(d) Uncle Roscoe Henry.

2. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?
(a) To offer him a kitten.
(b) To inform him he had won a prize.
(c) He was sick.
(d) For his birthday.

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

4. What did Beatrix ask to sketch in Chapter 4?
(a) Shop interiors.
(b) Farm animals.
(c) People.
(d) Cottages.

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

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

7. What holiday did the Potter family never celebrate?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) St. Valentine's Day.

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

9. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?
(a) As naive.
(b) As eccentric.
(c) As creative.
(d) As glamorous.

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

11. How is "The Tailor of Gloucester" said to be different from Beatrix's other books?
(a) It is more adult.
(b) It is more diverse.
(c) It is in rhyme.
(d) It is about human characters.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Beatrix's Uncle Roscoe arrange for her to meet in 1896?

2. What did Beatrix's parents help her do prior to the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

3. What did Beatrix make critical comments of in her diary from her early twenties?

4. How is Beatrix's parents' schedule described?

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

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