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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. How did Beatrix set about protecting her chosen area of England?
(a) By starting a charity to help protect the land.
(b) By buying land.
(c) By promoting government protection of the land.
(d) By writing a story that depicts the area as too beautiful to abuse.

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

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

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

15. In her later years, what did Beatrix believe would depress her?
(a) Her gray hair.
(b) Death.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Growing old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the farm Beatrix purchased described?

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

3. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?

4. How did Beatrix find children's literature was treated in America?

5. Dolls from which country overloaded the marketplace?

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