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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary find in the Garden when she is finally able to return to it after all the rain?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A crow.
(c) A small finch family.
(d) The robin.

2. What does the head gardener of Misselthwaite think of Dickon?
(a) He thinks Dickon is a fine lad.
(b) He thinks Dickon is an enchanter.
(c) He thinks Dickon is a bit eccentric.
(d) He thinks Dickon is smart as a whip.

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

4. What does Collin do as the sun goes down on his first day in the garden?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sings.
(d) Laughs.

5. What is beside Dickon as he works in the garden on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) A deer.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A red fox.

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

7. 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) She asked him when he left how long he would be.
(c) He wrote to her telling her he was on his way.
(d) She can sense these things.

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

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

10. 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) To try and get well.
(d) Swear to secrecy.

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

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

13. What does Mary tell Collin when she gets to his room during his hysterics?
(a) That there is nothing wrong with him.
(b) That he is spoiled and selfish and deserves what he gets.
(c) That she, and everbody else, hates him.
(d) That his nurse is trying to kill him.

14. How long does Collin have to wait to see the garden after he meets Dickon?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

15. What is Mary awakened by in the night after her first fight with Colin?
(a) Martha's crying.
(b) Collin screaming.
(c) Doors being opened and closed and the rushing of feet.
(d) Collin's nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dickon named his tamed squirrels?

2. What does Collin do when he hears what Mary plans to do after lunch on the first nice day after all the rain?

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?

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

5. What caused Collin's hysterics during the night?

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