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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which characters did Beatrix imbue with a sense of pride and self-reliance?
(a) Her housewife characters.
(b) Her foreign characters.
(c) Her rabbit characters.
(d) Her child characters.

2. How old was Beatrix's father when he died?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Eighty-one.
(c) Sixty-three.
(d) Eighty-eight.

3. Which of Beatrix's American-published books was a failure?
(a) "The Fairy Caravan."
(b) "The Tale of Little Pig Robinson."
(c) "Sister Anne."
(d) "Wag-by Wall."

4. Which area of England did Beatrix fight to protect?
(a) Somerset.
(b) The Dorset coastline.
(c) The Lake District.
(d) Cotswolds.

5. How big was Trouthbeck Park?
(a) Four thousand acres.
(b) Five hundred acres.
(c) Two thousand acres.
(d) Twenty-four acres.

6. What did Beatrix find difficult about farm life?
(a) Earning respect as a woman farmer.
(b) The long work hours.
(c) The financial expenses.
(d) Seeing animals slaughtered.

7. What 'vulgarity' does Lane note Beatrix's works lacked?
(a) Contemporary references.
(b) Slang words.
(c) Violence.
(d) Commercialism.

8. What health issue did Beatrix face in 1939?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She started to lose her hearing.
(c) She had an operation.
(d) She had a heart attack.

9. What does Beatrix express her sense of through her characters?
(a) Human foibles.
(b) The workings of children's imaginations.
(c) Archetypal characteristics.
(d) Entire species.

10. What kind of message did Beatrix's setting help convey?
(a) A naturalistic one.
(b) A simple one.
(c) A scientific one.
(d) A complex one.

11. Why did Beatrix publish her later stories?
(a) To show appreciation to her American fans.
(b) To regain her previous glory.
(c) To prove to her publisher that she could still sell books.
(d) To make money.

12. In what year did Beatrix write "Johnny Town-Mouse"?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

13. What were the books Beatrix published after her marriage based on?
(a) Her previous work.
(b) Holidays.
(c) Historical figures.
(d) Traditional fairy tales.

14. In Chapter 7, for what animal did Beatrix develop an interest?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Horses.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cows.

15. What does Lane say Beatrix was able to illustrate with her animal characters?
(a) Human emotion.
(b) Anatomy.
(c) Mischievousness.
(d) England's biodiversity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Beatrix become engaged to in Chapter 5?

2. What was the name of the second farm Beatrix bought in 1909?

3. What did Beatrix initially plan to do with her farm?

4. In what year did Beatrix die?

5. What was Beatrix excited to show off at local county fairs?

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