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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 animal was central to the financing of Beatrix's farm?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cows.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Sheep.

2. How did Beatrix describe the interactions of her Troutbeck sheep?
(a) As merciless.
(b) As spellbinding.
(c) As riveting.
(d) As a drama.

3. What animal did Beatrix note as being graceful and intelligent?
(a) Cows.
(b) Sheep dogs.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horses.

4. In Chapter 7, what did many members of the press think of Beatrix?
(a) She was untalented.
(b) She was dead.
(c) She was delusional.
(d) She was gullible.

5. What was the name of the tenant farmer of Beatrix's farm?
(a) John Calders.
(b) John Cartwright.
(c) John Cannon.
(d) John Caldwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Beatrix write "Johnny Town-Mouse"?

2. How old was Beatrix when she died?

3. In Chapter 5, what is said to have become a problem for Beatrix as she got more famous?

4. What health issue did Beatrix face in 1939?

5. Which characters did Beatrix imbue with a sense of pride and self-reliance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Beatrix's time at Hill Top Farm reflected in the books she published?

2. What event does Lane consider as marking the end of Beatrix's creative period?

3. What does Lane say about the settings of Beatrix's stories?

4. What inspired Beatrix's story, "Roly-Poly Pudding"?

5. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

6. What happened in Beatrix's life just before World War I ended?

7. What was Beatrix's "The Fairy Caravan" about?

8. Why did Beatrix publish "The Fairy Caravan"? Why didn't she release it in Britain?

9. In what way was Beatrix's purchase of Hill Top Farm symbolic?

10. How did Beatrix feel about old age?

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