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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. Who urged Beatrix to submit "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" for publication?

2. What did Beatrix's parents object to in Chapter 4?

3. How did Beatrix view her childhood surroundings?

4. What did Bertram's art focus on?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Beatrix go about printing her own copies of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Beatrix think of Scotland?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Beatrix's personality. How might one describe Beatrix's personality as a child? How did her personality change as she matured? What were her defining character traits?

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?

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