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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dickon tell Mary to do for Collin to make him laugh the morning after his hysterics?
(a) Speak to him in Yorkshire.
(b) Tell him about all of the animals in the garden.
(c) Describe the garden in detail.
(d) Tickle him.

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

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

7. Why does Collin wake up so happy the morning after his tantrum?
(a) He knows his father is coming to see him.
(b) He is excited for the plans he and Mary have made.
(c) He knows he will get to see Mary.
(d) He feels that he is getting well.

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

9. What does Collin do when he hears what Mary plans to do after lunch on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) He forbids Mary to ever speak to his father again.
(b) He fires Martha.
(c) He asks her to read a book to him.
(d) He throws a tantrum.

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

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

12. What does Collin say about Dickon's mother just before he leaves the garden after expressing his thanks to it?
(a) That he is glad she was friends with his mother.
(b) That she understands children the way Dickon understands animals.
(c) That she were his own mother.
(d) That he could remember his own mother.

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

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

15. 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) Things are getting better.
(b) Collin will get sicker.
(c) Mary is a nuisance.
(d) She is afraid of the consequences of all these new plans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Mary so exultant when she comes to see Collin the morning after his tantrum?

3. What does Collin think Mrs. Sowerby has after he receives her kind gift in the Garden?

4. 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?

5. What surprises Martha about Mary's chance meeting Collin?

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