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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Fairy Caravan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Beatrix's grandparents described?
(a) Cold and standoffish.
(b) Sad and forgiving.
(c) Mean and cranky.
(d) Original and wild.

2. What was Beatrix's grandfather's position in parliament?
(a) He was the Lord Speaker.
(b) He was the Sergeant-at-Arms
(c) He was a Conservative MP.
(d) He was a Liberal MP.

3. What began to influence Beatrix's personality during her childhood?
(a) Her Potter heredity.
(b) Her Crompton heredity.
(c) Her Leech heredity.
(d) Her Roscoe heredity.

4. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?
(a) As glamorous.
(b) As naive.
(c) As creative.
(d) As eccentric.

5. After buying her farm, whom did Beatrix often depict in her books?
(a) Film stars.
(b) The local townspeople.
(c) Norman.
(d) Her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix's father's name?

2. How is Beatrix's parents' schedule described?

3. What does Lane say is a fine art for which Beatrix had a talent?

4. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?

5. What did Beatrix's parents help her do prior to the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

(see the answer key)

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