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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. Which of these is NOT an animal that was near Dickon when Mary first meets him?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Robin.
(c) Pheasant.
(d) Squirrel.

4. What does Mary ask her uncle for when he asks her if she has any requests?
(a) A key to the garden.
(b) Books about gardening.
(c) A bit of earth.
(d) Some tools and seeds.

5. What does Mary need to know about Dickon before she will show him her garden?
(a) If he will laugh at her.
(b) If he will teach her what she needs to do.
(c) If he can keep secrets.
(d) If he will be her friend.

6. What portraits in Misslethwaite are most interesting to Mary?
(a) Portaits of families.
(b) Portraits of women.
(c) Portraits of animals.
(d) Portaits of children.

7. How did Mrs. Sowerby get her gift for Mary?
(a) She traded cooking for it.
(b) She made it.
(c) She bought it with part of Martha's wages.
(d) She asked one of her daughters to give it to her.

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

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

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

11. How soon does Mary's uncle leave after she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) The next morning.
(b) That night.
(c) Two days later.
(d) The next week.

12. What does Martha tell Mary the mysterious sound she hears at night really is?
(a) A child.
(b) The chimneys.
(c) Rain.
(d) The wind.

13. Why is Mary so disappointed to hear the rain falling when she awakes the night after meeting her uncle?
(a) She knows the rain will keep her from going outside.
(b) She fears it will keep her uncle from leaving again as he had planned.
(c) She wanted a good night's sleep.
(d) She is afraid too much water will hurt her garden.

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

15. How old is Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) 250 years old.
(b) 600 years old.
(c) 7 years old.
(d) 80 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary call the Garden in her mind after she finds it?

2. Why did Mary's uncle not get her a governess?

3. What does Mary hear when she finds herself lost in Misselthwaite Manor on the day it was too rainy for her to go outside?

4. What does Mary hate most about her life at Misslethwaite?

5. What is the name of Mary's closest living relative?

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