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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Hill Top Farm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beatrix initially plan to do with her farm?
(a) Manage it from afar.
(b) Move her parents there.
(c) Turn it into a goat farm.
(d) Turn it into a studio and gallery.

2. What did Beatrix and her brother make together as children?
(a) Ink.
(b) Root beer.
(c) Sculpting clay.
(d) Soap.

3. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?
(a) Renovated the attic into an office.
(b) Demolished half of it.
(c) Turned it into a bed and breakfast.
(d) Built an addition.

4. How is Beatrix described as a child?
(a) Quiet, solitary, and observant.
(b) Carefree, silly, and sweet.
(c) Passive, forlorn, and awkward.
(d) Loud, resilient, and stubborn.

5. What did Beatrix find difficult about farm life?
(a) Earning respect as a woman farmer.
(b) Seeing animals slaughtered.
(c) The long work hours.
(d) The financial expenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beatrix excited to show off at local county fairs?

2. How is "The Tailor of Gloucester" said to be different from Beatrix's other books?

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

4. Around what holiday would the Potter family visit the sea?

5. In what fad of the time did Beatrix's father like to engage?

(see the answer key)

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