View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mary's first impression of her uncle when she is brought to his study?
(a) He is a fretful man.
(b) He seems distracted.
(c) She does not notice the infamous hump in his back.
(d) He has kind and worried eyes.

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

3. Who is sent to pick Mary up to take her to her new home?
(a) Ben Weatherstaff.
(b) Archibald Craven.
(c) Robert Lennox.
(d) Mrs. Medlock.

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

5. Why is all the plant-life on the moor so low to the ground?
(a) The wind.
(b) It is grazing country for sheep.
(c) The over-production of lumber.
(d) The lack of rain.

6. 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 man laughing.
(b) The wind roaring.
(c) A child crying.
(d) A woman screaming.

7. How does Mary describe how she feels when she wakes up on the day the Cholera breaks out?
(a) The day feels oddly cold.
(b) The day feels lonely.
(c) The day feels jubilant.
(d) The day feels wrong.

8. How does Mary find the source of the mysterious sound she hears the night after meeting her uncle?
(a) She asks Martha to take her to it.
(b) The source comes to her.
(c) She follows the sound to a door with light underneath.
(d) She runs to find her uncle, and he shows her.

9. What is the last stop of the train on Mary's journey to Misselthwaite Manor with Mrs. Medlock?
(a) Thwaite Station.
(b) Missel Mile Station.
(c) Craven Station.
(d) Misselthwaite Station.

10. What does Mary do as she plays alone on the day the Cholera breaks out?
(a) Screams for her parents.
(b) Pretends to plant a garden.
(c) Plots to run away.
(d) Practices her knitting.

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

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

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

14. How does Mary get her request to Dickon for what she thinks she needs in the Secret Garden?
(a) Martha dictates a letter for her.
(b) Mary asks Martha to ask him.
(c) Mary finds him in the garden and tells him.
(d) Mary asks the robin to tell him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mary never play outdoors when she was in India?

2. What does Dickon tell Mary her secret is as safe as with him?

3. What did Mr. Craven do with the key of the Secret Garden?

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

5. What is Mrs. Medlock's first impression of Mary?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 648 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample