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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the farm Beatrix purchased in 1905?
(a) Bluebird Meadow Farm.
(b) Mountain Lane Farm.
(c) Hill Top Farm.
(d) Ambling Acres Farm.

2. 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.

3. How old was Beatrix when she died?
(a) Sixty-two years old.
(b) Eighty-four years old.
(c) Seventy-one years old.
(d) Seventy-seven years old.

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

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

6. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's best work after her 'golden decade'?
(a) Her work at Troutbeck.
(b) Her integration into the village.
(c) Her National Trust work.
(d) Her marriage.

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

8. What does the author say of Beatrix's art works?
(a) They were sweet.
(b) They were amateurish.
(c) They were easily imitated by children.
(d) They were well executed.

9. How is Beatrix described at the age of forty?
(a) As proud.
(b) As persistent.
(c) As priggish.
(d) As plump.

10. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?
(a) Twenty-one years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Seventeen years.
(d) Ten years.

11. Where did Beatrix find her mother a new home after the War?
(a) At a farm near Hill Top.
(b) Near Lake Windermere.
(c) In Kent.
(d) A few blocks away from Bolton Gardens.

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

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

14. According to the author, Beatrix's art was founded in __________.
(a) Love.
(b) Science.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Passion.

15. What is a common theme in Beatrix's work?
(a) Prince and pauper.
(b) Hunter and prey.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Misbehaving children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beatrix feel about being famous in her middle age?

2. What did Beatrix find difficult about farm life?

3. In what year did Beatrix write "Johnny Town-Mouse"?

4. Who visited Beatrix in 1927?

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

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