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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. What does Mary hear when she finds herself lost in Misselthwaite Manor on the day it was too rainy for her to go outside?
(a) A woman screaming.
(b) The wind roaring.
(c) A child crying.
(d) A man laughing.

2. What has grown over the wall of the Secret Garden, thus hiding the door?
(a) Shrubbery.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Climbing roses.
(d) Moss.

3. What is wrong with Mary's uncle?
(a) He has a hunched back and a broken heart.
(b) He has a sickness of the lungs that also killed his wife.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He has hallucinations due to stress.

4. Who wakes up Mary on her first morning at Misslethwaite Manor?
(a) Mrs. Medlock with Mary's breakfast.
(b) Martha making a fire.
(c) Archibald Craven as he is leaving in his carriage.
(d) Collin crying.

5. What is Mrs. Medlock's reaction when she finds that Mary has gotten lost in Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) She is happy to see Mary out of her room.
(b) She laughs at the fact that Mary is lost.
(c) She takes Mary on a tour so that she will not get lost again.
(d) She is angry and sends Mary to her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha say to Mary that deeply offends her when they first meet each other?

2. What is Mary's first impression of her uncle when she is brought to his study?

3. What does Mary think she hears at night in Misselthwaite?

4. How do Mary and Mrs. Medlock get from the train station to the house?

5. What does Mary notice about Ben as the weather grows nicer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Mary so surprised to hear that Dickon likes her when the two first meet?

4. What does Mary think about her mother at the beginning of the book?

5. After meeting her cousin for the first time, what does Mary do before she leaves him?

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

7. What strikes Mary as odd about the people in Yorkshire?

8. How did Mrs. Craven die?

9. What does Ben Weatherstaff say about Mary when he sees her with her new gift from Mrs. Sowerby?

10. When she is finally able to return to the garden after her meeting with her uncle, what does Mary find Dickon has left for her?

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