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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Potter family was not interested in art?
(a) Mrs. Potter.
(b) Mr. Potter.
(c) Uncle Roscoe Henry.
(d) Beatrix.

2. What did Beatrix's parents object to in Chapter 4?
(a) Her charitable donations.
(b) Her feud with her brother.
(c) Her stories' subject matter.
(d) Her distance from them.

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

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

5. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?
(a) Hunt and fish.
(b) Work.
(c) Gamble and play sports.
(d) Paint.

6. What did Beatrix write a paper about which was given to the Linnaean Society of London?
(a) Ferns.
(b) Mold spores.
(c) Mosses native to Scotland.
(d) Disappearing tree species.

7. What part of animal corpses would Beatrix and her brother keep?
(a) No parts.
(b) The teeth.
(c) The skins.
(d) The bones.

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

9. 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.

10. What was the surname of Beatrix's cousin Caroline?
(a) Houston.
(b) Harking.
(c) Holmes.
(d) Hutton.

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

12. When was Beatrix born?
(a) November 4th, 1861.
(b) January 10th, 1865.
(c) April 19th, 1862.
(d) July 28th, 1866.

13. In Chapter 4, what was Beatrix said to have thought was "the crown of a woman's life"?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her fashion.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) Marriage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How are Caroline's political views described?

4. What was against Caroline's beliefs?

5. What surprised Beatrix about the Warnes' family life?

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