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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 would the servants do while the Potter family visited the sea?
(a) They would rest.
(b) They would visit their loved ones.
(c) They would accompany the Potters.
(d) They would clean the home.

2. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?
(a) As naive.
(b) As glamorous.
(c) As creative.
(d) As eccentric.

3. What did Beatrix ask to sketch in Chapter 4?
(a) People.
(b) Shop interiors.
(c) Cottages.
(d) Farm animals.

4. What did Beatrix write a paper about which was given to the Linnaean Society of London?
(a) Mold spores.
(b) Disappearing tree species.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Mosses native to Scotland.

5. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?
(a) Hunt and fish.
(b) Paint.
(c) Work.
(d) Gamble and play sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. After buying her farm, whom did Beatrix often depict in her books?

2. What animal inspired Beatrix to write "The Roly-Poly Pudding"?

3. How many children's books did Beatrice write in the eight years after she purchased her farm?

4. How did children respond to "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"?

5. What were some qualities that Beatrix admired that were found on her grandmother's side?

(see the answer key)

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