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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. What did Beatrix's diary often talk about?
(a) Her pets.
(b) Her family's past.
(c) Her travels.
(d) Her ambitions.

2. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?
(a) Paint.
(b) Gamble and play sports.
(c) Hunt and fish.
(d) Work.

3. Why was Beatrix easily exhausted at one point as an adult?
(a) From a stomach disorder.
(b) From rheumatic fever.
(c) From a chest infection.
(d) From bad air in her home.

4. When was Beatrix born?
(a) January 10th, 1865.
(b) April 19th, 1862.
(c) July 28th, 1866.
(d) November 4th, 1861.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix's first children's book?

2. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?

3. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?

4. What was Beatrix's father's name?

5. How did children respond to "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Bolton Gardens full of excitement prior to the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

2. What happened when Beatrix considered illustrating a book on fungi?

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

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

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

6. What did Beatrix think of her childhood surroundings?

7. How was Beatrix viewed socially as she grew up and became an adult?

8. Who was Canon Rawnsley?

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

10. Why did Beatrix write letters to sick children in the 1880s? What were the letters about?

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