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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. 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.

2. How did Beatrix view her childhood surroundings?
(a) As pretentious.
(b) As fun.
(c) As oppressive.
(d) As something to escape.

3. What did Beatrix live without during her youth?
(a) Superstition.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Literature.
(d) Religion.

4. What interests did Miss Hammond encourage in Beatrix?
(a) Her interest in travel.
(b) Her interest in farming.
(c) Her interest in writing.
(d) Her interest in nature.

5. Beatrix's childhood nurse is described as ________________.
(a) A Liberal.
(b) An atheist.
(c) A hillbilly.
(d) A Scottish Calvinist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Beatrix's grandparents described?

2. How was Beatrix viewed by others as she aged in Bolton Gardens?

3. What part of animal corpses would Beatrix and her brother keep?

4. What would Beatrix's father do in the summer during their vacation?

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

(see the answer key)

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