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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lane note Beatrix's stories usually lack?
(a) A moral.
(b) A happy conclusion.
(c) An antagonist.
(d) A climax.

3. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?
(a) Demolished half of it.
(b) Built an addition.
(c) Renovated the attic into an office.
(d) Turned it into a bed and breakfast.

4. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?
(a) Satirical.
(b) Parody.
(c) Slapstick.
(d) Ironic.

5. What animal inspired Beatrix to write "The Roly-Poly Pudding"?
(a) Weasels.
(b) Rats.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Chickens.

6. What was the name of the second farm Beatrix bought in 1909?
(a) Kingdom Farm.
(b) Camelot Farm.
(c) Castle Farm.
(d) Fortress Farm.

7. What was the name of the tenant farmer of Beatrix's farm?
(a) John Caldwell.
(b) John Calders.
(c) John Cannon.
(d) John Cartwright.

8. What did the person who visited Beatrix in 1927 discover?
(a) She did not plan to write anymore.
(b) She was losing her memory.
(c) She hated farm life.
(d) She was unhappy in her marriage.

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

10. Which of the following does Lane NOT say is expressed in Beatrix's works?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Natural Beauty.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Freshness.

11. What happened on Beatrix's farm just before World War I ended?
(a) The harvest was ruined.
(b) The farm house burned down.
(c) Her pigs got sick and died.
(d) Beatrix had a larger barn built.

12. After buying her farm, whom did Beatrix often depict in her books?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Film stars.
(c) Norman.
(d) The local townspeople.

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

14. How long did Beatrix's tenant farmer work on the farm after she bought it?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

15. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.
(a) Toughness.
(b) Comical.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Educational.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Beatrix described at the age of forty?

2. How did Beatrix feel about her demanding lifestyle after she married?

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

4. How did Beatrix set about protecting her chosen area of England?

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

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