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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Collin so restless on the first day it is too rainy for him to go out to the Garden?
(a) He is nervous about seeing his father.
(b) He hates knowing that the staff thinks he is crippled.
(c) He is nervous about someone figuring out his secret.
(d) He has not had to sit so still for a long time.

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

12. What does Collin plan to do with his life when he is older?
(a) Be a teacher.
(b) Inherit his father's business.
(c) Make important discoveries about magic.
(d) Become a gardener.

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

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

15. Why is Collin so angry about being called a cripple?
(a) It intensifies his fear that maybe he is crippled.
(b) He is ashamed of himself for not being able to prove that rumor wrong.
(c) He finds "cripple" a horribly derrogotory term.
(d) He doesn't like the idea of so many people thinking of him that way.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Mary spend her days while it is too rain to work on the Garden?

4. What does Collin smell on Mary when she comes to see him the morning he wakes up happy?

5. 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?

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