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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dickon named his tamed squirrels?

2. How is Collin feeling the morning after his hysterics?

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

4. What does Martha say Mary must have done to Collin when she first met him?

5. Why is Collin so restless on the first day it is too rainy for him to go out to the Garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colin announce to his nurse after Dr. Craven leaves following the examination?

2. What does Ben do when he starts to climb over the wall of the garden and sees Mary there?

3. Why did Ben continue pruning the secret garden after Mr. Craven had ordered it to be locked up?

4. Why is Colin now able to take the curtain off of his mother's portrait?

5. The day after Colin's tantrum, what does Dr. Craven prescribe for him?

6. Why did no one in the garden feel that Mrs. Sowerby was intruding when she came into the garden unannounced?

7. What does Colin realize as he and Mary view all the different portraits in Misselthwaite Manor?

8. What does Colin do when he first sees his mother's garden?

9. On the day after Colin's tantrum, what does Mary do for him that makes him laugh?

10. What does Mary tell Colin once he has calmed down from his hysterics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Susan Sowerby was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Susan Sowerby had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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