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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 animal did Beatrix note as being graceful and intelligent?

2. Whom did Beatrix become engaged to in Chapter 5?

3. What did Beatrix focus her life on after marrying?

4. What does the author say of Beatrix's art works?

5. What animal was central to the financing of Beatrix's farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the artwork in Beatrix's books different from other children's books?

2. What inspired Beatrix's story, "Roly-Poly Pudding"?

3. How did Beatrix's parents react to her engagement to Mr. Heelis? How did her brother defend her?

4. How did Beatrix prepare for her operation in 1939?

5. What were Beatrix's initial plans for Hill Top Farm and its tenant farmer?

6. How was Beatrix treated in America?

7. What does Lane say about the settings of Beatrix's stories?

8. What does Lane suggest allowed Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?

9. Where did Beatrix settle her mother after her father's death?

10. What became a problem for Beatrix due to her success and increasing fame?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the climax of the biography. What takes place during the climax of the book? Why is this a climactic time in Beatrix's life? How does this time period impact her life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of Beatrix's life. How did the Victorian and Edwardian values of the time shape and influence Beatrix's life? What did she think of Bolton Gardens? How did Scotland and the Lake District impact her?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the illustrations and photographs used. Why might these particular visual aids have been chosen? What do they tell the reader about Potter? Does a story develop based on the pictures?

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