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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many books does the library at Misselthwaite hold?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Millions.

4. Why did Mary never play outdoors when she was in India?
(a) It was not considered proper.
(b) She was too hot and tired.
(c) It was too dangerous.
(d) Her parents did noy allow her to.

5. What is so surprising to Mary about the sky after the rain stops?
(a) It has a hazy cleanliness to it.
(b) It is brilliantly blue.
(c) The clouds are so beautiful.
(d) It looks closer than before.

6. What does Mary say when someone asks her if she likes herself?
(a) She does not.
(b) She had never thought about it.
(c) Sometimes she does, and sometimes she does not.
(d) She does - very much.

7. How old is Mary when she chases away her first English governess?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

8. What is Mary's first impression of her uncle when she is brought to his study?
(a) He is a fretful man.
(b) He has kind and worried eyes.
(c) She does not notice the infamous hump in his back.
(d) He seems distracted.

9. How does Mary describe how she feels when she wakes up on the day the Cholera breaks out?
(a) The day feels wrong.
(b) The day feels jubilant.
(c) The day feels lonely.
(d) The day feels oddly cold.

10. Why is Martha so sad to see most of Mary's breakfast go untouched?
(a) She feels that Mary is spoiled.
(b) She thinks Mary is sick.
(c) Her 11 siblings often go hungry.
(d) She made the breakfast and is offended that Mary does not like it.

11. 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 stay to those rooms, and only those rooms.
(c) To keep them tidy and neat.
(d) To never leave her room at night.

12. Who does Mary want to meet after hearing all of Martha's stories?
(a) Archibald Craven.
(b) Martha's mother and her brother Dickon.
(c) Collin Craven.
(d) Ben Weatherstaff.

13. Who is sent to pick Mary up to take her to her new home?
(a) Archibald Craven.
(b) Ben Weatherstaff.
(c) Mrs. Medlock.
(d) Robert Lennox.

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

15. How does Mary tell Dickon she came across her garden?
(a) It found her.
(b) She stole it.
(c) She dreamed it.
(d) She found it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do to the servant by her bed when she wakes up on the day the Cholera breaks out?

2. How does Mary find the source of the mysterious sound she hears the night after meeting her uncle?

3. What is Mary's first impression of the Secret Garden?

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

5. Why is Mary so disappointed to hear the rain falling when she awakes the night after meeting her uncle?

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