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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the grand doctor from London tell Collin would heal him?
(a) A daily dose of supplemental vitamins.
(b) Bed rest and a healthy diet.
(c) A fancy back brace.
(d) Running outdoors.

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

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

4. How did Mrs. Craven die?
(a) She sat on a tree bough and it broke.
(b) She froze to death on the moor.
(c) She gave birth.
(d) She got cholera.

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

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

7. Who watches over Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her Ayah.
(c) Her Mother.
(d) Her nursemaid.

8. What does Dickon tell Mary her secret is as safe as with him?
(a) The nest of a Missel Thrush.
(b) The eggs of the robin.
(c) The den of the white rabbit.
(d) The snowy lamb of his sheep.

9. Why is Mary always given her way at the beginning of the book?
(a) Her mother is loving and never wants her to be unhappy.
(b) The servants are a lower class than her and must obey her will.
(c) The servants don't want her to cry and anger her parents.
(d) The doctors are afraid crying will weaken her sickly frame.

10. 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.

11. Why is Dickon sure that someone has been in the garden during the past 10 years?
(a) There is a pile of clippings.
(b) There are some tools left behind.
(c) There are annual seeds planted.
(d) There has been some pruning done.

12. What are Mrs. Medlock's instructions to Mary as she is shown her two rooms in the Manor?
(a) To keep them tidy and neat.
(b) To never leave her room at night.
(c) To stay to those rooms, and only those rooms.
(d) To never ask anything of her uncle.

13. How does Mary learn about what to do in the garden after she finds it?
(a) Reads books about gardening.
(b) Asks Ben lots of questions.
(c) She does what seems natural for the plants.
(d) Has Dickon help her.

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

15. What does Mary do to the servant by her bed when she wakes up on the day the Cholera breaks out?
(a) Pleads with her to bring her mother to her.
(b) Flies into a rage and kicks her.
(c) Whimpers and hides.
(d) Embraces her and cries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wakes up Mary on her first morning at Misslethwaite Manor?

3. How many books does the library at Misselthwaite hold?

4. What does Mary do as she plays alone on the day the Cholera breaks out?

5. What does Mary do with the key just after she finds it?

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