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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Collin smell on Mary when she comes to see him the morning he wakes up happy?
(a) Spring.
(b) The wind.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) The garden.

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

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

4. How does Dickon's mother know that Mr. Craven is on his way home?
(a) She can sense these things.
(b) He wrote to her telling her he was on his way.
(c) She asked him when he left how long he would be.
(d) She wrote to him telling him to come home.

5. What does Mary want to use as a lure to get Collin to come outside when the weather is good again?
(a) A challenge.
(b) Threats.
(c) The garden.
(d) Bribes.

6. Who does Dickon tell about the Garden with Mary's permission?
(a) Dr. Craven.
(b) Mrs. Medlock.
(c) His mother.
(d) Martha.

7. Who joins the circle that Collin creates as he tells Mary and Dickon of his future plans?
(a) Animals.
(b) Ben.
(c) The robin.
(d) The wind.

8. What is Collin's nurse doing as Mary storms out of Collin's room?
(a) Pacing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying.

9. What does Mary decide to do after receiving her gift from her uncle after her fight with Collin?
(a) Take him to the garden.
(b) Write him a letter.
(c) Bring Dickon in to meet him.
(d) Go to see him in the morning.

10. What surprises Martha about Mary's chance meeting Collin?
(a) His nurse was not there.
(b) He did not throw a tantrum.
(c) She was able to find him.
(d) She did not get lost on her way.

11. What does Mary threaten to do when Collin says he will send Dickon away?
(a) Never see him again.
(b) Go to live with Dickon and his mother.
(c) Never speak to him again.
(d) Never take him to the Garden.

12. What is Collin's major request about his visits to the garden?
(a) Mrs. Medlock is never to go with him.
(b) He must be taken in his wheel chair.
(c) No one should know where he goes.
(d) Mary must always be by his side.

13. What does Mr. Craven send Mary after she asks for her bit of earth?
(a) A box of seeds.
(b) A picture of her mother.
(c) Beautiful books about gardening.
(d) A letter asking her to befriend Collin.

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

15. What does Collin ask Mary to do for the surprise visitor to the garden after he is called a cripple?
(a) Show him into the garden.
(b) Swear him to secrecy.
(c) Invite him into the secret.
(d) Give him the key.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben suggest that Collin do to show thanks to the garden and its magic?

2. Why does Mary say no one has ever called Collin out on his rudeness?

3. Why is Collin not able to walk?

4. On the rainy day when he cannot go out to the Garden, what does Collin say about the change in Mary's appearance that has occurred from the time they first met?

5. What does Collin think is making him well in the Garden?

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