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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mary spend most of her days after finding the Garden?
(a) Planting her new seeds.
(b) Digging and weeding.
(c) Running and jumping.
(d) Talking to the Robin.

2. How does Mary react whenever she sees her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) She runs to her and laughs with joy.
(b) She stares and wonders at her incredible beauty.
(c) She smiles sweetly and tries to be like her.
(d) She cries and runs away.

3. Why is Martha so sad to see most of Mary's breakfast go untouched?
(a) She made the breakfast and is offended that Mary does not like it.
(b) Her 11 siblings often go hungry.
(c) She feels that Mary is spoiled.
(d) She thinks Mary is sick.

4. What did the grand doctor from London tell Collin would heal him?
(a) Running outdoors.
(b) Bed rest and a healthy diet.
(c) A fancy back brace.
(d) A daily dose of supplemental vitamins.

5. Why is Mary always given her way at the beginning of the book?
(a) The servants are a lower class than her and must obey her will.
(b) The doctors are afraid crying will weaken her sickly frame.
(c) The servants don't want her to cry and anger her parents.
(d) Her mother is loving and never wants her to be unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Martha tell Mary to go on a very rainy day when she is not able to go outside?

2. What does Mary do as she plays alone on the day the Cholera breaks out?

3. What does Ben do that makes Mary think he looks much younger and kinder on her first day at Misselthwaite?

4. What did Mrs. Sowerby buy for Mary?

5. What does Mary tell Martha she wants after her first time inside the Secret Garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary tell Dickon about her garden after she has sworn him to secrecy?

2. When wandering around inside on a rainy day, what interesting fact does Mary find about the rooms on the second floor?

3. Why does Mary rarely see her parents while living in India?

4. What do most people think of Mary when they first meet her at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Mary do that causes her appetite to increase?

6. What does Mary do when she plays outside in India?

7. What is Mary most afraid of when she first brings Dickon to her garden?

8. What does Ben say about Mary after she has been at Misselthwaite Manor for a month?

9. What does Mary think the moor is when she first drives by it in the carriage?

10. What nickname is Mary given when she temporarily lives with a clergyman in England?

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