View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?
(a) He was sick.
(b) For his birthday.
(c) To offer him a kitten.
(d) To inform him he had won a prize.

2. What began to influence Beatrix's personality during her childhood?
(a) Her Roscoe heredity.
(b) Her Leech heredity.
(c) Her Crompton heredity.
(d) Her Potter heredity.

3. What inspired the story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?
(a) Mice Beatrix caught in her kitchen.
(b) Norman's pet mice.
(c) A story a little girl told Beatrix.
(d) Two ceramic mice figurines.

4. The people at the meeting in 1896 were skeptical of ____________.
(a) Beatrix's sanity.
(b) Beatrix's credentials.
(c) Beatrix's talent.
(d) Beatrix's theories.

5. What part of animal corpses would Beatrix and her brother keep?
(a) No parts.
(b) The teeth.
(c) The bones.
(d) The skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?

2. What did Beatrix's parents worry about the Warnes?

3. How is "The Tailor of Gloucester" said to be different from Beatrix's other books?

4. What did Beatrix's parents discourage?

5. How did Beatrix's parents become wealthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Canon Rawnsley?

2. What made Beatrix comfortable around Norman?

3. How did Beatrix go about printing her own copies of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

4. What kind of lifestyle did Beatrix's parents live while in Bolton Gardens?

5. What happened when Beatrix wrote a paper on mold spores?

6. What did Beatrix think of her childhood surroundings?

7. How did Beatrix and Norman grow closer to one another?

8. What did Bertram and Beatrix do with the animal corpses they found as children?

9. Describe the Potters' interest in art.

10. At the end of Chapter 1, what does the reader learn about Beatrix's beliefs?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 686 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample