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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. Which individuals impressed Beatrix in Chapter 8?
(a) Animal breeders.
(b) Beekeepers.
(c) Jockeys.
(d) Shepherds.

2. Who took care of Beatrix's property during World War I?
(a) A hired worker.
(b) Beatrix.
(c) Beatrix's father.
(d) Bertram.

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

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

5. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.
(a) Comical.
(b) Toughness.
(c) Educational.
(d) Brilliant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Beatrix become engaged to in Chapter 5?

2. How did Beatrix set about protecting her chosen area of England?

3. What does Beatrix express her sense of through her characters?

4. According to the author, Beatrix's art was founded in __________.

5. What was the name of the village local to Beatrix's farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interested Beatrix at Troutbeck Park?

2. What does Lane suggest allowed Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?

3. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Lane say of the subtleties in Beatrix's stories?

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

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

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