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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Summer Holidays.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, which of the following did not bother Beatrix?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Her parents' disapproval.
(c) Silence.
(d) Filth.

2. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?
(a) The ideas of heredity.
(b) The ideas of familial love.
(c) The ideas of animal behavior.
(d) The ideas of lightness and darkness.

3. What did Beatrix's parents discourage?
(a) Crying.
(b) Painting and writing.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Vanity.

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

5. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?
(a) Draw them.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Trade their seeds.
(d) Press them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?

2. How did Beatrix's parents become wealthy?

3. How did Beatrix view her childhood surroundings?

4. What would the servants do while the Potter family visited the sea?

5. Where would the Potter family go in the summer?

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