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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. Who cracked the code in Beatrix's diary?

2. Where did Caroline have a home?

3. What was Beatrix's full name?

4. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?

5. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Potters' interest in art.

2. Describe the Potter family's schedule during Beatrix's childhood.

3. Why did Beatrix write letters to sick children in the 1880s? What were the letters about?

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

5. What did Bertram and Beatrix do together as children?

6. How did Beatrix and Norman grow closer to one another?

7. While in Gloucester, what story did Beatrix compose? What did she think of this story?

8. What happened when Beatrix wrote a paper on mold spores?

9. Describe Edmund Potter, Beatrix's grandfather.

10. What did Beatrix think of her childhood surroundings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lane's writing style? What is the writing style of the biography "The Tale of Beatrix Potter"? Is the writing style of this book similar to other biographies? Why might a clear and concise writing style be important for this type of work?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Beatrix's marriage to Mr William Heelis. How did Potter meet Heelis? Why did Beatrix's parents not allow the engagement at first? Where did Beatrix and William settle? Was Beatrix happy in her marriage? How did her marriage to William change her and her life?

Essay Topic 3

Beatrix yearned for a sense of independence from her parents. Why were her parents so strict, even when Beatrix was a woman of an advanced age? How did Beatrix gain a sense of independence? How did she finally leave her parents house?

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