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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kept Ben from fully keeping his promise to Mrs. Craven?
(a) The orders from Mr. Craven.
(b) He got too busy with his other chores.
(c) His fear of her ghost in the garden.
(d) His arthritus.

2. Who always comes to see Collin after one of his tantrums?
(a) His father.
(b) Dr. Craven.
(c) Mrs. Medlock.
(d) Martha.

3. What is beside Dickon as he works in the garden on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) A red fox.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A deer.

4. What is Collin's nurse doing as Mary storms out of Collin's room?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Pacing.

5. What does Mary ask Collin to not talk about with her anymore?
(a) His mother.
(b) Being sick.
(c) The garden.
(d) Dying.

6. Why does Collin keep the portrait of his mother covered?
(a) He thinks she is laughing at him
(b) It scares him.
(c) It makes him sad.
(d) He is angry with her for dying.

7. Why does Collin not mind keeping the curtain open over the picture of his mother as he begins to get well?
(a) He feels she is happy to be with him now.
(b) He is no longer angry with her for leaving.
(c) He hopes her picture will bring his father to visit him.
(d) He misses her.

8. Who joins the circle that Collin creates as he tells Mary and Dickon of his future plans?
(a) The robin.
(b) The wind.
(c) Ben.
(d) Animals.

9. What does Mrs. Sowerby send Collin one day in the Garden?
(a) Fresh milk and buns.
(b) A skipping rope like Mary's.
(c) Fresh fruit.
(d) A book about gardening.

10. Why is Collin so restless on the first day it is too rainy for him to go out to the Garden?
(a) He is nervous about someone figuring out his secret.
(b) He hates knowing that the staff thinks he is crippled.
(c) He is nervous about seeing his father.
(d) He has not had to sit so still for a long time.

11. What is Collin most afraid will give away his improving health to the staff?
(a) His walking.
(b) His appetite.
(c) His weight.
(d) His coloring.

12. What is the Robin doing on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) Gathering nuts and berries.
(b) Building a nest.
(c) Singing his joy about the warmth.
(d) Trying to find a mate.

13. What does Ben suggest that Collin do to show thanks to the garden and its magic?
(a) Say the Lord's prayer.
(b) Sing the Doxology.
(c) Write his father.
(d) Go to church.

14. What does Dickon tell Mary to do for Collin to make him laugh the morning after his hysterics?
(a) Tell him about all of the animals in the garden.
(b) Describe the garden in detail.
(c) Speak to him in Yorkshire.
(d) Tickle him.

15. What did Ben do after Mr. Craven ordered the garden be shut up?
(a) He threw seeds over the wall hoping they would sprout.
(b) He continued to climb over the wall and tend the garden.
(c) He hid the key himself.
(d) He plead with Mr. Craven to allow him in the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary want to use as a lure to get Collin to come outside when the weather is good again?

2. What does Dickon say keeps him so strong?

3. What does Collin do as the sun goes down on his first day in the garden?

4. What has Dickon named the animal who works in the garden with him on the first nice day after all the rain?

5. How does Dickon's mother know that Mr. Craven is on his way home?

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