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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's parents' schedule described?
(a) Hectic and chaotic.
(b) Mundane and routine.
(c) Empty and rather sad.
(d) Full of unimportant affairs.

2. How did Beatrix feel growing up as a result of not being a part of her parents' lives?
(a) Free.
(b) Unwanted.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Independent.

3. What fascinated Beatrix about Scotland during her childhood?
(a) Its dangerous feel.
(b) Its calming feel.
(c) Its magical feel.
(d) Its exotic feel.

4. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?
(a) Adventures around the world.
(b) The animals she saw.
(c) The people who lived nearby.
(d) Characteristics of certain plants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix do with flowers after her brother left home?

2. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?

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

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

5. Who was Miss Hammond?

(see the answer key)

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