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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. Why did Beatrix publish her later stories?
(a) To prove to her publisher that she could still sell books.
(b) To show appreciation to her American fans.
(c) To make money.
(d) To regain her previous glory.

2. How old was Beatrix when she died?
(a) Sixty-two years old.
(b) Seventy-seven years old.
(c) Eighty-four years old.
(d) Seventy-one years old.

3. How did Beatrix feel about her demanding lifestyle after she married?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Tired.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Beatrix hate change?

2. What did Beatrix's brother confess when his parents objected to Beatrix's second engagement?

3. What breed of sheep did Beatrix keep at Troutbeck Park?

4. Even though she owned her own home, how much of Beatrix's time was she expected to spend with her parents?

5. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Beatrix treated in America?

2. What were Beatrix's initial plans for Hill Top Farm and its tenant farmer?

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

4. How did Beatrix feel about old age?

5. How was the artwork in Beatrix's books different from other children's books?

6. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

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

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

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

10. What does Lane say was the core of Beatrix's genius?

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