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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Collin do when the surprise visitor to the Garden calls Collin a cripple?
(a) He cries.
(b) He smiles and promises to prove them wrong.
(c) He has the visitor fired.
(d) He stands.

2. Why does Mary say no one has ever called Collin out on his rudeness?
(a) The pitied him.
(b) They feared him.
(c) They hated him.
(d) They loved him.

3. What does Collin do on his first day in the Garden while Mary and Dickon work?
(a) He sits and watches.
(b) He asks Dickon loads of questions.
(c) He sings.
(d) He ponders about magic.

4. Who does Mary see Collin being rude to after his first day in the Garden?
(a) His nurse.
(b) Mrs. Medlock.
(c) Martha.
(d) Dr. Craven.

5. What is Collin most afraid will give away his improving health to the staff?
(a) His coloring.
(b) His appetite.
(c) His weight.
(d) His walking.

6. What does Mrs. Sowerby send Collin one day in the Garden?
(a) A book about gardening.
(b) Fresh fruit.
(c) A skipping rope like Mary's.
(d) Fresh milk and buns.

7. Who does Collin long to tell about the magic that he is witnessing all around him as he begins to get well?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Dr. Craven.
(d) Mrs. Medlock.

8. What does Collin say once he is in the Garden?
(a) "I shall get well."
(b) "I can feel my mother here."
(c) "I am happy for the first time in my life."
(d) "I shall win my father's love."

9. What does Dickon say keeps him so strong?
(a) The moor.
(b) His mother's love.
(c) Fresh Air.
(d) Spring.

10. What is Mary's nick-name for Collin?
(a) King.
(b) Emporer.
(c) Prince.
(d) Rajah.

11. What is beside Dickon as he works in the garden on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A deer.
(d) A red fox.

12. Why did the nurse never do what Mary did for Collin during his hysterics?
(a) She was afraid is would hurt him.
(b) She thought he wanted space.
(c) She thought it would upset him.
(d) She did not know what Collin was upset about.

13. What kept Ben from fully keeping his promise to Mrs. Craven?
(a) His fear of her ghost in the garden.
(b) His arthritus.
(c) The orders from Mr. Craven.
(d) He got too busy with his other chores.

14. What does Mary suggest that she and Collin do on the first day that it is too rainy for Collin to go out in the Garden?
(a) Write to his father.
(b) Help in the kitchen for extra food.
(c) Read about the proper care of a garden.
(d) Explore the many rooms at Misselthwaite.

15. What does Mary make Collin do before telling him that she has found his mother's garden?
(a) To try and get well.
(b) Swear to secrecy.
(c) Take an oath.
(d) Promise to not think of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ben do after Mr. Craven ordered the garden be shut up?

2. What does Collin smell on Mary when she comes to see him the morning he wakes up happy?

3. Why do Mary and Collin have to cover their mouths when they are in the presence of the staff as Collin begins to get well?

4. What does the head gardener of Misselthwaite think of Dickon?

5. What does Collin have to do to keep his secret as he begins to get well?

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