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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 happened on Beatrix's farm just before World War I ended?
(a) The harvest was ruined.
(b) Her pigs got sick and died.
(c) The farm house burned down.
(d) Beatrix had a larger barn built.

2. What were the books Beatrix published after her marriage based on?
(a) Historical figures.
(b) Traditional fairy tales.
(c) Her previous work.
(d) Holidays.

3. How did other books choose to illustrate animal characters?
(a) Abstractly.
(b) Grotesquely.
(c) Colorfully.
(d) Realistically.

4. What inspired the locals to think of Beatrix as an eccentric?
(a) Her farming methods.
(b) Her indifference to how she dressed.
(c) The people who visited her.
(d) The way she talked to animals.

5. What breed of sheep did Beatrix keep at Troutbeck Park?
(a) Nolana sheep.
(b) Drysdale sheep.
(c) Hardwick sheep.
(d) Southdown sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the tenant farmer of Beatrix's farm?

2. How did Americans treat Beatrix?

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

4. Why did Beatrix hate change?

5. What was Beatrix keen to adopt after marrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's greatest achievement after her 'golden decade' of writing?

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

3. What softened Beatrix's reticence for interacting with the public?

4. What side projects did Beatrix pass her time with when she was not at her farm?

5. What interested Beatrix at Troutbeck Park?

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

7. How did Beatrix feel about old age?

8. What does Lane say caused "Sister Anne" to fail?

9. Where did Beatrix settle her mother after her father's death?

10. How was Beatrix treated in America?

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