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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Beatrix's grandparents described?

2. What was Beatrix's full name?

3. In which season did Beatrix publish "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?

4. When was Warnes sent a copy of "The Tailor of Gloucester"?

5. How did Beatrix's parents become wealthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What came from the diary found decades after Beatrix's death?

2. Describe Edmund Potter, Beatrix's grandfather.

3. What kind of job did Beatrix's father have? What did he do in his spare time?

4. Were Beatrix's parents religious?

5. How did Beatrix deal with the pain of Norman's death?

6. How did Beatrix spend her days after Bertram left home?

7. What happened when Beatrix considered illustrating a book on fungi?

8. Why were Bertram and Beatrix in the countryside with their father?

9. Why was Bolton Gardens full of excitement prior to the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

10. How was Beatrix viewed socially as she grew up and became an adult?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Beatrix's personality. How might one describe Beatrix's personality as a child? How did her personality change as she matured? What were her defining character traits?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the members of Beatrix's family. What were the defining characteristics of Beatrix's father, mother, and brother? What does the reader learn of Beatrix's family history? Did Beatrix get along well with her family? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Beatrix's life after she married. How did her life change after she married William Heelis? Why did she stop writing? What did she become passionate about? How did her personality change?

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