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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 is Beatrix described as a child?
(a) Passive, forlorn, and awkward.
(b) Loud, resilient, and stubborn.
(c) Quiet, solitary, and observant.
(d) Carefree, silly, and sweet.

2. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?
(a) Renovated the attic into an office.
(b) Turned it into a bed and breakfast.
(c) Demolished half of it.
(d) Built an addition.

3. What was against Caroline's beliefs?
(a) Organized religion.
(b) Women working.
(c) Charity.
(d) Eating meat.

4. What kind of message did Beatrix's setting help convey?
(a) A naturalistic one.
(b) A simple one.
(c) A scientific one.
(d) A complex one.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was angered by the condescension at the meeting in 1896?

3. Why didn't Beatrix's parents want her to marry Norman?

4. How large was the original "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

5. What part of animal corpses would Beatrix and her brother keep?

(see the answer key)

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