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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Robin doing on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) Trying to find a mate.
(b) Gathering nuts and berries.
(c) Singing his joy about the warmth.
(d) Building a nest.

2. 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) Colonel.
(d) General.

3. Why does Mary say no one has ever called Collin out on his rudeness?
(a) They hated him.
(b) The pitied him.
(c) They feared him.
(d) They loved him.

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

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

6. What does Mary ask Collin to not talk about with her anymore?
(a) The garden.
(b) Being sick.
(c) His mother.
(d) Dying.

7. What is Collin's major request about his visits to the garden?
(a) He must be taken in his wheel chair.
(b) Mrs. Medlock is never to go with him.
(c) Mary must always be by his side.
(d) No one should know where he goes.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the head gardener of Misselthwaite think of Dickon?

2. Who walks into the room as Mary and Collin are talking?

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

4. What does Mrs. Sowerby send Collin one day in the Garden?

5. What does Dickon's mother say about the skylark's song in the morning?

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