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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 diary often talk about?

2. How did Beatrix view her childhood surroundings?

3. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?

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

5. Which member of the Potter family was not interested in art?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about the Crompton family history?

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

3. Who was Canon Rawnsley?

4. What happened when Beatrix wrote a paper on mold spores?

5. How is Beatrix's cousin Caroline Hutton described in Chapter 4?

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

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

8. What did Bertram and Beatrix do with the animal corpses they found as children?

9. How did Beatrix deal with the pain of Norman's death?

10. Were Beatrix's parents religious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Beatrix's childhood. How did Beatrix spend her childhood? Did she have a happy childhood? What were her interests and hobbies as a child? What was her personality like as a child?

Essay Topic 3

"The Tale of Beatrix Potter" is an example of a biography. What are the elements of this genre? Why is "The Tale of Beatrix Potter" an example of this genre? What are some other examples of this genre?

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