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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.
(a) Her story's moral.
(b) Her rhymes.
(c) Her water color illustrations.
(d) Her characters.

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

3. According to Chapter 2, which of the following did not bother Beatrix?
(a) Filth.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Her parents' disapproval.
(d) Silence.

4. Norman died of________.
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?
(a) Press them.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Trade their seeds.
(d) Draw them.

6. How did Beatrix's parents become wealthy?
(a) Her mother had an excellent business sense.
(b) Her father worked constantly.
(c) They inherited their money.
(d) They were lucky with stocks.

7. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?
(a) For safety.
(b) To visit family.
(c) For their father's business.
(d) For their father's amusement.

8. Who cracked the code in Beatrix's diary?
(a) Mr. Little.
(b) Mr. Lowe.
(c) Mr. Linder.
(d) Mr. Limpet.

9. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?
(a) Its lavishness.
(b) Its vibrancy.
(c) Its solemnity.
(d) Its coldness.

10. What did Beatrix and her brother collect together as children?
(a) Matchbooks.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Rocks.

11. How are Caroline's political views described?
(a) As liberal.
(b) As radical.
(c) As eccentric.
(d) As conservative.

12. What year did Beatrix finish "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1901.

13. What did Beatrix's parents worry about the Warnes?
(a) The Warnes disliked them.
(b) The Warnes would corrupt Beatrix.
(c) The Warnes were incompetent.
(d) The Warnes were stealing from Beatrix.

14. Where would the Potter family go in the summer?
(a) To France.
(b) To Italy.
(c) To Scotland.
(d) To Spain.

15. What inspired the story "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?
(a) Mice Beatrix caught in her kitchen.
(b) Norman's pet mice.
(c) A story a little girl told Beatrix.
(d) Two ceramic mice figurines.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How are Beatrix's grandparents described?

4. What did Beatrix use to help draw the art for "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?

5. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?

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