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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mr. Craven do with the key of the Secret Garden?
(a) He melted it.
(b) He placed it on his wife's headstone.
(c) He put in on a necklace and wears it.
(d) He buried it.

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

3. What does the robin show Mary as she is walking in the gardens after the rain has stopped?
(a) A lost door.
(b) A buried key.
(c) A hurt lamb.
(d) Dickon.

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

5. How many rooms are in Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) 225.
(b) 25.
(c) 50.
(d) Over 100.

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

7. Who does Mary make friends with as she explores the gardens on her first day at Misselthwaite?
(a) Ben Weatherstaff.
(b) A pony.
(c) A robin.
(d) Dickon.

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

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

10. What does Mary think she hears at night in Misselthwaite?
(a) A child crying.
(b) An animal in pain.
(c) A ghost laughing.
(d) A woman screaming.

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

12. Why must everyone obey Collin's every whim?
(a) Being angry will make him more ill.
(b) They hate the screaming he makes.
(c) His father ordered it.
(d) He has the power to fire them.

13. Who finds Mary as she is hiding in the nursery?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her Ayah.
(c) Some strange men.
(d) A reverend.

14. What does Mary hate most about her life at Misslethwaite?
(a) It has become too routine.
(b) She misses her parents.
(c) She is not getting educated.
(d) There is no one to talk to her.

15. Why is Mary so disappointed to hear the rain falling when she awakes the night after meeting her uncle?
(a) She is afraid too much water will hurt her garden.
(b) She wanted a good night's sleep.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mary decide to do on a very rainy day when she is not able to go outside?

4. What is the name of Mary's closest living relative?

5. Who is sent to pick Mary up to take her to her new home?

(see the answer keys)

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