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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. How big was Trouthbeck Park?
(a) Twenty-four acres.
(b) Two thousand acres.
(c) Five hundred acres.
(d) Four thousand acres.
2. Which individuals impressed Beatrix in Chapter 8?
(a) Shepherds.
(b) Animal breeders.
(c) Jockeys.
(d) Beekeepers.
3. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Twenty-one years.
(d) Ten years.
4. What did Beatrix focus on producing in 1910?
(a) A novel for adults.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Sets for a theatrical production.
(d) A museum exhibition.
5. How did other books choose to illustrate animal characters?
(a) Colorfully.
(b) Abstractly.
(c) Realistically.
(d) Grotesquely.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of Beatrix's characters was made into a doll?
2. How long did Beatrix's tenant farmer work on the farm after she bought it?
3. What did Beatrix focus her life on after marrying?
4. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.
5. Who took care of Beatrix's property during World War I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Beatrix's time at Hill Top Farm reflected in the books she published?
2. How did Beatrix's parents react to her engagement to Mr. Heelis? How did her brother defend her?
3. What event does Lane consider as marking the end of Beatrix's creative period?
4. How was the artwork in Beatrix's books different from other children's books?
5. How was Beatrix treated in America?
6. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?
7. What happened in Beatrix's life just before World War I ended?
8. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's greatest achievement after her 'golden decade' of writing?
9. What does Lane say about the settings of Beatrix's stories?
10. Where did Beatrix settle her mother after her father's death?
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