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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 second farm Beatrix bought in 1909?
(a) Fortress Farm.
(b) Kingdom Farm.
(c) Castle Farm.
(d) Camelot Farm.

2. What did Beatrix focus her life on after marrying?
(a) Farming.
(b) Raising a family.
(c) Writing.
(d) Charity work.

3. How many children's books did Beatrice write in the eight years after she purchased her farm?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Five.

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

5. How did Americans treat Beatrix?
(a) With respect.
(b) Harshly.
(c) As if she were a sideshow.
(d) With indifference.

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

7. Whom did Beatrix become engaged to in Chapter 5?
(a) William Heelis.
(b) William Healey.
(c) William Hawkes.
(d) William Harper.

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

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

10. What happened after the decade of Beatrix's best writing?
(a) She suffered a writing block.
(b) She became disillusioned by the publishing industry.
(c) Her fame began to scare her.
(d) Her understanding of herself changed.

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

12. What breed of sheep did Beatrix keep at Troutbeck Park?
(a) Hardwick sheep.
(b) Nolana sheep.
(c) Drysdale sheep.
(d) Southdown sheep.

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

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

15. What was Beatrix mesmerized by at Troutbeck?
(a) The scenery.
(b) The kindness of the locals.
(c) The mysterious fog.
(d) The size of the plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health issue did Beatrix face in 1939?

2. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?

3. What does Lane say Beatrix was able to illustrate with her animal characters?

4. What animal did Beatrix note as being graceful and intelligent?

5. What did Beatrix focus on producing in 1910?

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