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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To whom did Beatrix leave some of her copyrights?
(a) Bertram's widow.
(b) Norman's nephew.
(c) Her dearest fans.
(d) Her niece.

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

6. What does Lane say is a fine art for which Beatrix had a talent?
(a) Keeping her admiring public at a distance.
(b) Expressing truth through fantasy.
(c) Dealing with publishers.
(d) Entertaining children and adults alike.

7. In Chapter 7, what types of women are said to have sought Beatrix out?
(a) Bored ones.
(b) Sensible ones.
(c) Middle-aged ones.
(d) Aristocratic ones.

8. Who visited Beatrix in 1927?
(a) An angry publisher.
(b) A fan.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A friend from school.

9. What was the name of the work Beatrix published only in America?
(a) "Willow Wonderland."
(b) "The Elephant of Palmer Road."
(c) "The Mousetrap."
(d) "The Fairy Caravan."

10. In what year did Beatrix die?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1943.

11. How did Beatrix describe the interactions of her Troutbeck sheep?
(a) As a drama.
(b) As spellbinding.
(c) As merciless.
(d) As riveting.

12. In Chapter 7, what did many members of the press think of Beatrix?
(a) She was dead.
(b) She was untalented.
(c) She was gullible.
(d) She was delusional.

13. What is characteristic of many of the locations in Beatrix's books?
(a) They are real.
(b) They are free of humans.
(c) They are named after her friends.
(d) They are imaginary.

14. Which of Beatrix's characters was made into a doll?
(a) Jemima Puddle-Duck.
(b) Tom Kitten.
(c) Timmy Tiptoes.
(d) Peter Rabbit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?

2. What does Lane say amuses adults about Beatrix's works?

3. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's best work after her 'golden decade'?

4. How many children's books did Beatrice write in the eight years after she purchased her farm?

5. What was the name of the tenant farmer of Beatrix's farm?

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