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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Medlock tell the head gardener about the new goings on in the house just before Collin goes out for the first time?
(a) Mary is a nuisance.
(b) She is afraid of the consequences of all these new plans.
(c) Things are getting better.
(d) Collin will get sicker.

2. What has Dickon named the animal who works in the garden with him on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Admiral.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

3. What has Dickon added to Collin's daily routine in an effort to help him get stronger faster?
(a) More food.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Chants in a circle.
(d) Exercises.

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

5. What is Mrs. Medlock's reaction to Collin and Mary laughing?
(a) She is worried.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is amazed.
(d) She is happy.

6. What is the first thing that Collin plants in the Garden?
(a) A tree.
(b) A lily.
(c) A rose.
(d) A fern.

7. What does Collin think is making him well in the Garden?
(a) Love.
(b) Fresh Air.
(c) His mother's memory.
(d) Magic.

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

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

10. Who does Collin's nurse ask help from during Collin's hysterics?
(a) Martha.
(b) Mary.
(c) Dr. Craven.
(d) Mrs. Medlock.

11. 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.

12. Why is Collin so angry about being called a cripple?
(a) He is ashamed of himself for not being able to prove that rumor wrong.
(b) He doesn't like the idea of so many people thinking of him that way.
(c) He finds "cripple" a horribly derrogotory term.
(d) It intensifies his fear that maybe he is crippled.

13. What has Dickon named his tamed squirrels?
(a) Nut and Shell.
(b) Sugar and Spice.
(c) Chitter and Chatter.
(d) Bill and Bob.

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) Help in the kitchen for extra food.
(b) Read about the proper care of a garden.
(c) Write to his father.
(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) Take an oath.
(b) Promise to not think of death.
(c) Swear to secrecy.
(d) To try and get well.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dickon's mother know that Mr. Craven is on his way home?

2. What does Collin realize as he stands up from weeding in the garden one day?

3. What does Mary find in the Garden when she is finally able to return to it after all the rain?

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

5. What does Mary tell Collin when she gets to his room during his hysterics?

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