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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. What was the name of Beatrix's hedgehog character?

2. What did Warnes tell Beatrix she would have to do if she wanted him to publish "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

3. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?

4. How old was Beatrix when Caroline invited her to her home?

5. To what religious group did Beatrix's parents belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Edmund Potter, Beatrix's grandmother.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Canon Rawnsley?

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

9. What did Beatrix think of Scotland?

10. At the end of Chapter 1, what does the reader learn about Beatrix's beliefs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Beatrix's love of animals. What kinds of animals was she particularly fond of?

How did her love of animals influence her work and her life in general? Did her love of animals inspire her? If so, how?

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

Analyze the illustrations and photographs used. Why might these particular visual aids have been chosen? What do they tell the reader about Potter? Does a story develop based on the pictures?

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