View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix's parents worry about the Warnes?

2. What year was the code in Beatrix's diary cracked?

3. Where was Beatrix born?

4. What did Beatrix ask to sketch in Chapter 4?

5. What kind of lessons did Beatrix take as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Bertram and Beatrix in the countryside with their father?

2. Why did Beatrix write letters to sick children in the 1880s? What were the letters about?

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

4. What did Beatrix think of Scotland?

5. What did Beatrix think of her childhood surroundings?

6. What happened when Beatrix considered illustrating a book on fungi?

7. What did Bertram and Beatrix do together as children?

8. What came from the diary found decades after Beatrix's death?

9. Describe the Potters' interest in art.

10. What kind of lifestyle did Beatrix's parents live while in Bolton Gardens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the struggles faced by Beatrix throughout her life. What struggles did Beatrix face in regards to her social life, to her career as a writer and illustrator, to her desire for independence, and to her love life? How did she overcome these struggles?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Beatrix's love of animals. What kinds of animals was she particularly fond of?

How did her love of animals influence her work and her life in general? Did her love of animals inspire her? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Beatrix's life after she married. How did her life change after she married William Heelis? Why did she stop writing? What did she become passionate about? How did her personality change?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 667 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample