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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary do with the key just after she finds it?
(a) Gives it to Ben.
(b) Slips it into her pocket.
(c) Hides it in her room where Mrs. Medlock will not find it.
(d) Re-buries it and then marks the spot.

2. How many people does Mary like after meeting Dickon?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

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

4. What is the name of Mary's closest living relative?
(a) Ben Weatherstaff.
(b) Martha Medlock.
(c) Robert Lennox.
(d) Archibald Craven.

5. What does Mary hear when she finds herself lost in Misselthwaite Manor on the day it was too rainy for her to go outside?
(a) A woman screaming.
(b) A man laughing.
(c) The wind roaring.
(d) A child crying.

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

7. Who takes Mary in temporarily after her parents die?
(a) Reverend Crawford.
(b) Clergy Crayton.
(c) Parson Parry.
(d) Bishop Parsiner.

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

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

10. In what county is Mary's new home?
(a) Yorkshire.
(b) Northshire.
(c) Hampshire.
(d) Worcestershire.

11. What did Mrs. Sowerby buy for Mary?
(a) A skipping rope.
(b) A packet of seeds.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A book.

12. Why do Mary and Dickon speak so softly when Mary first shown him her garden?
(a) They do not want to be heard.
(b) Out of reverence.
(c) They are too surprised at what they are seeing.
(d) They do not want to frighten the animals.

13. When do most people take a liking to the moor, according to Mrs. Medlock?
(a) When the animals all have their babies.
(b) When it is covered in snow.
(c) When the wind blows over it.
(d) When it is in bloom.

14. How does Mary spend most of her days after finding the Garden?
(a) Running and jumping.
(b) Planting her new seeds.
(c) Talking to the Robin.
(d) Digging and weeding.

15. What does Mrs. Medlock do to Mary when they arrive at their first stop on the way to Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) Rebukes her.
(b) Warns her.
(c) Wakes her.
(d) Embraces her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dickon tell Mary about the work she has done without his help in the garden?

2. What is the nickname that is given to Mary by one of the children who she stays with after her parents die?

3. How did Mrs. Craven die?

4. Who finds Mary as she is hiding in the nursery?

5. What is Mrs. Medlock's reaction when she finds that Mary has gotten lost in Misselthwaite Manor?

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