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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 did Beatrix's personality change as time went on in her youth?
(a) She became more shy.
(b) She became short-tempered.
(c) She became distrustful.
(d) She became serious.

2. What did Beatrix and her brother make together as children?
(a) Sculpting clay.
(b) Soap.
(c) Ink.
(d) Root beer.

3. What year was the code in Beatrix's diary cracked?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1961.

4. What was against Caroline's beliefs?
(a) Charity.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Women working.
(d) Organized religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beatrix feel growing up as a result of not being a part of her parents' lives?

2. What part of animal corpses would Beatrix and her brother keep?

3. What was Beatrix's grandfather's position in parliament?

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

5. What kind of lessons did Beatrix take as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Mrs. Edmund Potter, Beatrix's grandmother.

9. What did Beatrix think of her childhood surroundings?

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

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