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

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

3. After Beatrix's brother left home, what type of animal did Beatrix focus on?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Owls.
(c) Groundhogs.
(d) Mice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Beatrix and her brother often do with the animals and plants they observed?

2. What did Beatrix NOT think was beautiful during her trips to Scotland?

3. How are Beatrix's grandparents described?

4. To what religious group did Beatrix's parents belong?

5. How is Beatrix described as a child?

(see the answer key)

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