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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dickon's mother say about the skylark's song in the morning?
(a) They are laughing.
(b) They are praying.
(c) They are praising God.
(d) They are singing the doxology.

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

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

4. Why is Mary so exultant when she comes to see Collin the morning after his tantrum?
(a) Dickon is here.
(b) The wind is blowing.
(c) Her uncle is on his way home.
(d) Spring has come.

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) Bribes.
(c) The garden.
(d) Threats.

6. 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.

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

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

9. What happens to distract Collin from the tree that killed his mother?
(a) They see a lamb jumping through the flowers.
(b) Dickon starts singing a song.
(c) They hear distant thunder.
(d) The robin flies in.

10. Who always comes to see Collin after one of his tantrums?
(a) His father.
(b) Dr. Craven.
(c) Mrs. Medlock.
(d) Martha.

11. What does Mary choose to do after her lunch on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) Meet Dickon's mother.
(b) Ask her uncle for permission to be in the Garden.
(c) Visit Collin.
(d) Return to work in the garden.

12. 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) Mrs. Sowerby.
(d) Martha.

13. Who walks into the room as Mary and Collin are talking?
(a) Collin's nurse.
(b) Mary's uncle.
(c) Martha and Dickon.
(d) Mrs. Medlock and Dr. Craven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Collin do as he is taken into the Garden?

2. Who joins the circle that Collin creates as he tells Mary and Dickon of his future plans?

3. Who does Mary see Collin being rude to after his first day in the Garden?

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

5. What does Mary do when she hears what caused Collin's hysterics?

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