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

2. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?
(a) For safety.
(b) To visit family.
(c) For their father's amusement.
(d) For their father's business.

3. What was Beatrix's full name?
(a) Melanie Beatrix Potter.
(b) Jane Beatrix Potter.
(c) Helen Beatrix Potter.
(d) Lucy Beatrix Potter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Beatrix born?

2. What legend did Beatrix's parents respect?

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

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

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

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