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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. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?
(a) Twenty-one years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Three years.

2. What health issue did Beatrix face in 1939?
(a) She had an operation.
(b) She broke her leg.
(c) She started to lose her hearing.
(d) She had a heart attack.

3. What does Lane say is a fine art for which Beatrix had a talent?
(a) Expressing truth through fantasy.
(b) Keeping her admiring public at a distance.
(c) Dealing with publishers.
(d) Entertaining children and adults alike.

4. Whom did Beatrix become engaged to in Chapter 5?
(a) William Hawkes.
(b) William Healey.
(c) William Heelis.
(d) William Harper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beatrix find her mother a new home after the War?

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

3. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.

4. In Chapter 7, for what animal did Beatrix develop an interest?

5. What did Beatrix focus on producing in 1910?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Lane note Beatrix's stories lacked?

4. What did Beatrix find difficult about farm life?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

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