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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. After Beatrix's brother left home, what type of animal did Beatrix focus on?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Mice.
(c) Owls.
(d) Groundhogs.

2. What did Beatrix's parents help her do prior to the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) Arrange an advertising campaign.
(b) Buy a house.
(c) Secure her copyrights.
(d) Negotiate with the publisher.

3. Where would the Potter family go in the summer?
(a) To Scotland.
(b) To Italy.
(c) To Spain.
(d) To France.

4. In Chapter 4, what was Beatrix said to have thought was "the crown of a woman's life"?
(a) Motherhood.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Her home.
(d) Her fashion.

5. How are Caroline's political views described?
(a) As radical.
(b) As eccentric.
(c) As liberal.
(d) As conservative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?

2. What were some qualities that Beatrix admired that were found on her grandmother's side?

3. What would the servants do while the Potter family visited the sea?

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

5. How is Beatrix described as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in Gloucester, what story did Beatrix compose? What did she think of this story?

2. Were Beatrix's parents religious?

3. How did Beatrix spend her days after Bertram left home?

4. Describe the Potter family's schedule during Beatrix's childhood.

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

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

7. What did Beatrix's parents fear about the Warnes family? Why didn't Beatrix's parents want Beatrix to marry Norman?

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

9. How did Beatrix deal with the pain of Norman's death?

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

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