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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary's uncle want to see her when he returns from his journey?
(a) He had a dream about her.
(b) Mrs. Sowerby said something to him.
(c) He wants to see if she looks like her aunt.
(d) He wants to know what she needs.

2. 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) Mary Mother of Mercy.
(c) Unhappy Mary of the Moore.
(d) Scary Mary.

3. What is Mrs. Medlock's first impression of Mary?
(a) She is kind, sweet and loving.
(b) She is disagreeable and headstrong.
(c) She is sickly, plain and spoiled.
(d) She is small and hurt.

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

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

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

7. What is wrong with Mary's uncle?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He has hallucinations due to stress.
(c) He has a sickness of the lungs that also killed his wife.
(d) He has a hunched back and a broken heart.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Mary notice as they begin to pass over the moor?
(a) It is lovely.
(b) It is darker than she had imagined.
(c) There seems to be nothing there.
(d) There are many houses there.

13. What does Mary notice about Ben as the weather grows nicer?
(a) He seems sickly.
(b) He has a shorter temper.
(c) He is getting forgetful.
(d) He is in a better mood.

14. What does Ben do that makes Mary think he looks much younger and kinder on her first day at Misselthwaite?
(a) Gardens.
(b) Sings.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Skips.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mary and Mrs. Medlock get from the train station to the house?

2. What does Mary say when someone asks her if she likes herself?

3. What does Mary realize about herself as she talks with Collin the night she first meets him?

4. What does Mary think the moor is when she first sees it?

5. What does Mary tell Martha she wants after her first time inside the Secret Garden?

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