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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Beatrix described as a child?
(a) Quiet, solitary, and observant.
(b) Passive, forlorn, and awkward.
(c) Carefree, silly, and sweet.
(d) Loud, resilient, and stubborn.

2. As children, what would Beatrix and her brother do with animal corpses?
(a) Bury them.
(b) Skin them.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Draw them.

3. What fascinated Beatrix about Scotland during her childhood?
(a) Its magical feel.
(b) Its exotic feel.
(c) Its dangerous feel.
(d) Its calming feel.

4. What was the follow-up book to Peter Rabbit?
(a) "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny."
(b) "The Tale of Poppy Bunny."
(c) "The Tale of Velvet Bunny."
(d) "The Tale of Flopsy Bunny."

5. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.
(a) Her characters.
(b) Her water color illustrations.
(c) Her rhymes.
(d) Her story's moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday did the Potter family never celebrate?

2. Why didn't Beatrix's parents want her to marry Norman?

3. What did Beatrix do in the countryside while visiting Caroline?

4. Where was Beatrix born?

5. What did Beatrix NOT think was beautiful during her trips to Scotland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Canon Rawnsley?

2. What came from the diary found decades after Beatrix's death?

3. What does the reader learn about the Crompton family history?

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

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

6. What inspired the story, "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?

7. How is Beatrix's cousin Caroline Hutton described in Chapter 4?

8. What did Beatrix think of Scotland?

9. Why were Bertram and Beatrix in the countryside with their father?

10. How did Beatrix feel about her life growing up?

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