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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, "Might I Have a Bit of Earth?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the robin show Mary as she is walking in the gardens after the rain has stopped?
(a) A hurt lamb.
(b) A lost door.
(c) Dickon.
(d) A buried key.

2. What does Mary think is so strange about the people helping her and Mrs. Medlock at the train station?
(a) They speak funny.
(b) They all have funny hats.
(c) They walk funny.
(d) They are wearing funny clothes.

3. How does Mary react whenever she sees her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) She runs to her and laughs with joy.
(b) She smiles sweetly and tries to be like her.
(c) She stares and wonders at her incredible beauty.
(d) She cries and runs away.

4. How does Mary get her request to Dickon for what she thinks she needs in the Secret Garden?
(a) Mary asks Martha to ask him.
(b) Martha dictates a letter for her.
(c) Mary asks the robin to tell him.
(d) Mary finds him in the garden and tells him.

5. What does Ben do that makes Mary think he looks much younger and kinder on her first day at Misselthwaite?
(a) Sings.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Skips.
(d) Smiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary tell Martha at the end of tea time just after she finds the Secret Garden?

2. Why is Mary always given her way at the beginning of the book?

3. Why is Dickon sure that someone has been in the garden during the past 10 years?

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

5. How soon does Mary's uncle leave after she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor?

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