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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the robin to tell him.
(c) Mary finds him in the garden and tells him.
(d) Mary asks Martha to ask him.

2. What is Mary told when she is found hiding in the nursery?
(a) Her parents have died of Cholera.
(b) Her parents no longer want her and she is being sent away.
(c) Her parents are in prison.
(d) Her Ayah has died of Cholera.

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

4. 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) Warns her.
(d) Wakes her.

5. What causes Mary to go outside to the gardens, even on cold and windy days?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Curiostiy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Obedience.

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

7. 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 lonely.
(c) The day feels jubilant.
(d) The day feels oddly cold.

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

9. Why do Mary and Dickon speak so softly when Mary first shown him her garden?
(a) Out of reverence.
(b) They do not want to frighten the animals.
(c) They do not want to be heard.
(d) They are too surprised at what they are seeing.

10. What portraits in Misslethwaite are most interesting to Mary?
(a) Portaits of families.
(b) Portraits of animals.
(c) Portraits of women.
(d) Portaits of children.

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

12. How did Mrs. Sowerby get her gift for Mary?
(a) She bought it with part of Martha's wages.
(b) She made it.
(c) She traded cooking for it.
(d) She asked one of her daughters to give it to her.

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

14. What happens as Mary is playing by herself in Chapter 1?
(a) An angry mob rushes into the house.
(b) Her Ayah dies.
(c) An earthquake causes the house to fall down.
(d) Mary is told she must be sent away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mary's first impression of her uncle when she is brought to his study?

3. What does Mary hate most about her life at Misslethwaite?

4. What does Mary tell Martha at the end of tea time just after she finds the Secret Garden?

5. How did Mrs. Craven die?

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