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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 she wants after her first time inside the Secret Garden?
(a) A rake.
(b) A knife.
(c) Some seeds.
(d) A spade.

2. What causes Mary to go outside to the gardens, even on cold and windy days?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Curiostiy.
(d) Fear.

3. Who wakes up Mary on her first morning at Misslethwaite Manor?
(a) Mrs. Medlock with Mary's breakfast.
(b) Archibald Craven as he is leaving in his carriage.
(c) Collin crying.
(d) Martha making a fire.

4. What are Mrs. Medlock's instructions to Mary as she is shown her two rooms in the Manor?
(a) To never ask anything of her uncle.
(b) To never leave her room at night.
(c) To keep them tidy and neat.
(d) To stay to those rooms, and only those rooms.

5. What has grown over the wall of the Secret Garden, thus hiding the door?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Shrubbery.
(c) Climbing roses.
(d) Moss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mary and Dickon speak so softly when Mary first shown him her garden?

2. Why has Mary never seen or heard about Collin?

3. What is the last stop of the train on Mary's journey to Misselthwaite Manor with Mrs. Medlock?

4. Who takes Mary in temporarily after her parents die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mary so surprised to hear that Dickon likes her when the two first meet?

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

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

4. What does Mary think the moor is when she first drives by it in the carriage?

5. How did Mrs. Craven die?

6. When wandering around inside on a rainy day, what interesting fact does Mary find about the rooms on the second floor?

7. What is the first thing that Mary hears when she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor?

8. How large is Martha's family?

9. Why does Mr. Craven decide to finally meet Mary?

10. What does Mary think about her mother at the beginning of the book?

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