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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mary spend her days while it is too rain to work on the Garden?
(a) With Collin.
(b) Exploring Misselthwaite.
(c) In the library.
(d) Helping in the kitchen.

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

3. 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?
(a) She has grown fatter and more comely.
(b) She is taller and prettier.
(c) She looks more like his mother every day.
(d) She was always very pretty to him.

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

5. Why is Collin not able to walk?
(a) He never learned.
(b) His legs are bent.
(c) His legs are weak.
(d) He is wearing a brace.

6. What does Ben suggest that Collin do to show thanks to the garden and its magic?
(a) Sing the Doxology.
(b) Write his father.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Say the Lord's prayer.

7. 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) Explore the many rooms at Misselthwaite.
(b) Write to his father.
(c) Read about the proper care of a garden.
(d) Help in the kitchen for extra food.

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

9. What stops the surprise visitor to the garden from lecturing Mary?
(a) A rebuke from Dickon.
(b) The robin flies to Mary's shoulder.
(c) The sight of Collin.
(d) Mention of the robin.

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

11. Who does Collin see climbing over the wall of the Garden?
(a) Ben Weatherstaff.
(b) His father.
(c) Mrs. Medlock.
(d) The head gardener.

12. How does Dickon's mother know that Mr. Craven is on his way home?
(a) She wrote to him telling him to come home.
(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 can sense these things.

13. Why does Collin keep the portrait of his mother covered?
(a) It scares him.
(b) He is angry with her for dying.
(c) It makes him sad.
(d) He thinks she is laughing at him

14. What does Collin have to do to keep his secret as he begins to get well?
(a) Swear some of his staff to secrecy.
(b) Throw mock tantrums.
(c) Lie to his father about his progress.
(d) Pretend to be sick.

15. Who enters the garden while Collin, Dickon and Mary are expressing their thanks to the garden and its magic?
(a) Dr. Craven.
(b) Collin's nurse.
(c) Martha.
(d) Mrs. Sowerby.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Dickon tell Mary to do for Collin to make him laugh the morning after his hysterics?

3. What happens to distract Collin from the tree that killed his mother?

4. What does Collin say about Dickon's mother just before he leaves the garden after expressing his thanks to it?

5. What is the Robin doing on the first nice day after all the rain?

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