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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday did the Potter family never celebrate?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) St. Valentine's Day.
(d) Thanksgiving.

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

3. What legend did Beatrix's parents respect?
(a) The Leech legend.
(b) The Potter legend.
(c) The Roscoe legend.
(d) The Crompton legend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix's first children's book?

2. What did Beatrix write a paper about which was given to the Linnaean Society of London?

3. What did Beatrix live without during her youth?

4. According to Chapter 4, Beatrix worried her publisher wouldn't like ________________.

5. How old were Beatrix and Norman when they decided to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Edmund Potter, Beatrix's grandmother.

2. What kind of job did Beatrix's father have? What did he do in his spare time?

3. How was Beatrix viewed socially as she grew up and became an adult?

4. How did Beatrix and Norman grow closer to one another?

5. At the end of Chapter 1, what does the reader learn about Beatrix's beliefs?

6. How was the Warne family different from Beatrix's family?

7. Who was Canon Rawnsley?

8. What made Beatrix comfortable around Norman?

9. What inspired the story, "The Tale of Two Bad Mice"?

10. What did Beatrix's parents fear about the Warnes family? Why didn't Beatrix's parents want Beatrix to marry Norman?

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