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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The House in Bedford Square.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?
(a) Create her own world.
(b) Approach strangers.
(c) Make many friends.
(d) Ignore her parents' wisdom.

2. What did Beatrix live without during her youth?
(a) Superstition.
(b) Literature.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Religion.

3. When was Warnes sent a copy of "The Tailor of Gloucester"?
(a) Easter, 1902.
(b) Christmas, 1902.
(c) New Year's Day, 1902.
(d) May Day, 1902.

4. Why was Beatrix easily exhausted at one point as an adult?
(a) From rheumatic fever.
(b) From a stomach disorder.
(c) From bad air in her home.
(d) From a chest infection.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix ask to sketch in Chapter 4?

2. How did Beatrix feel growing up as a result of not being a part of her parents' lives?

3. What was Beatrix's parents' approach to religion?

4. Where would the Potter family go in the summer?

5. The people at the meeting in 1896 were skeptical of ____________.

(see the answer key)

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