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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary tell Martha at the end of tea time just after she finds the Secret Garden?
(a) She heard someone crying.
(b) She hates living there.
(c) She wants to meet Martha's mother.
(d) She found the garden.

2. What does Mary realize about herself as she talks with Collin the night she first meets him?
(a) She is spoiled.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is greedy.

3. What is the nickname that is given to Mary by one of the children who she stays with after her parents die?
(a) Unhappy Mary of the Moore.
(b) Scary Mary.
(c) Mary Mother of Mercy.
(d) Mistress Mary Quite Contrary.

4. Why do Mary and Dickon speak so softly when Mary first shown him her garden?
(a) They are too surprised at what they are seeing.
(b) They do not want to be heard.
(c) They do not want to frighten the animals.
(d) Out of reverence.

5. What does Martha say to Mary that deeply offends her when they first meet each other?
(a) Martha is surprised Mary can't dress herself.
(b) Martha tells Mary that her uncle hates her.
(c) Martha thought Mary was going to be an Indian girl.
(d) Martha tells Mary that she is spoiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Mary not see much of her uncle while she is at Misselthwaite Manor?

2. What has grown over the wall of the Secret Garden, thus hiding the door?

3. What does the robin show Mary as she is walking in the gardens after the rain has stopped?

4. What does Mary need to know about Dickon before she will show him her garden?

5. Who does Mary count as one of the people she likes that makes Dickon laugh when he first meets her?

Short Essay Questions

1. When she first enters the garden, what does Mary do to help something start to grow?

2. What does Mrs. Sowerby purchase for Mary to make her happy?

3. What is Mrs. Medlock's first impression of Mary?

4. What does Mary tell Martha that she wants after her first time inside the garden?

5. After meeting her cousin for the first time, what does Mary do before she leaves him?

6. Why does Mrs. Medlock tell Mary that she will not see Mr. Craven while she is at Misselthwaite?

7. What does Mrs. Medlock think about the moor?

8. When she is finally able to return to the garden after her meeting with her uncle, what does Mary find Dickon has left for her?

9. What does Ben Weatherstaff say about Mary when he sees her with her new gift from Mrs. Sowerby?

10. What nickname is Mary given when she temporarily lives with a clergyman in England?

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