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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) Martha's mother and her brother Dickon.
(b) Collin Craven.
(c) Archibald Craven.
(d) Ben Weatherstaff.

2. Where is Mary living at the beginning of the book?
(a) China.
(b) England.
(c) India.
(d) America.

3. How does Mary find the door of the Secret Garden?
(a) She asks Ben.
(b) Wind blows the ivy enough for her to see it.
(c) The robin shows her.
(d) She feels along the entire wall looking for it.

4. What does Dickon tell Mary about the work she has done without his help in the garden?
(a) She had excellent instincts.
(b) She was doing the wrong things.
(c) She was in tune with the living things.
(d) She needs some guidance.

5. Who gives Mary her new nickname after her parents die?
(a) Bryan Parsiner.
(b) Bruce Crayton.
(c) Ben Parry.
(d) Basil Crawford.

6. 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.

7. Why has Mary never seen or heard about Collin?
(a) His father thinks he is dead.
(b) His sickness is contagious.
(c) He forbids the servants to talk about him.
(d) He has been in a coma.

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

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

10. What is the nickname that is given to Mary by one of the children who she stays with after her parents die?
(a) Mistress Mary Quite Contrary.
(b) Unhappy Mary of the Moore.
(c) Mary Mother of Mercy.
(d) Scary Mary.

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

12. Why did Mary's uncle not get her a governess?
(a) He forgot her.
(b) He thinks she is too old.
(c) Mrs. Medlock was supposed to see to that.
(d) Mrs. Sowrby told him not to.

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

14. What does Mrs. Medlock think of the moor?
(a) It is wild and dreary.
(b) It is treacherous and lovely.
(c) It is barren and ugly.
(d) It is exciting and new.

15. 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 is afraid too much water will hurt her garden.
(c) She fears it will keep her uncle from leaving again as he had planned.
(d) She wanted a good night's sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary get her request to Dickon for what she thinks she needs in the Secret Garden?

2. Where is Martha going on her day off after the rain has stopped?

3. How does Mary describe how she feels when she wakes up on the day the Cholera breaks out?

4. What is the first thing that Mary hears when she gets to Misselthwaite Manor?

5. Why do Mary and Dickon speak so softly when Mary first shown him her garden?

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