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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Beatrix's parents want her to marry Norman?
(a) He was younger than Beatrix.
(b) He was wealthy.
(c) He was a social climber.
(d) He was a publisher.

2. What year was the code in Beatrix's diary cracked?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1958.

3. How did Beatrix's personality change as time went on in her youth?
(a) She became distrustful.
(b) She became more shy.
(c) She became short-tempered.
(d) She became serious.

4. What was Beatrix's father's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Barrister.
(c) Author.
(d) General.

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

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

7. What were some qualities that Beatrix admired that were found on her grandmother's side?
(a) Constant kindness and forgiveness.
(b) Wealth and eccentricity.
(c) Her sense of humor and tact.
(d) Vibrancy and energy.

8. How old was Beatrix when Caroline invited her to her home?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Twenty-eight years old.
(c) Thirty-two years old.
(d) Twenty-four years old.

9. What about Norman's personality made her more comfortable with him?
(a) His assertiveness.
(b) His friendliness.
(c) His naivete.
(d) His shyness.

10. In what fad of the time did Beatrix's father like to engage?
(a) Bird watching.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Stage acting.
(d) Amateur photography.

11. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?
(a) A rabbit hutch.
(b) A buggy.
(c) A printing press.
(d) A bicycle.

12. What was the follow-up book to Peter Rabbit?
(a) "The Tale of Flopsy Bunny."
(b) "The Tale of Velvet Bunny."
(c) "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny."
(d) "The Tale of Poppy Bunny."

13. In which season did Beatrix publish "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

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

15. Where was Beatrix born?
(a) Willowdown Valley.
(b) Bolton Gardens.
(c) Meadowbrook.
(d) Clifton Heights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?

2. As children, what would Beatrix and her brother do with animal corpses?

3. What did Beatrix do in the countryside while visiting Caroline?

4. Who cracked the code in Beatrix's diary?

5. What did Bertram's art focus on?

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