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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. Who is sent to pick Mary up to take her to her new home?
(a) Robert Lennox.
(b) Mrs. Medlock.
(c) Archibald Craven.
(d) Ben Weatherstaff.

2. Who does Mary hope will see her as she uses her gift from Mrs. Sowerby outside?
(a) Archibald Craven.
(b) Ben Weatherstaff.
(c) Dickon.
(d) Martha.

3. What causes Mary to go outside to the gardens, even on cold and windy days?
(a) Fear.
(b) Curiostiy.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Boredom.

4. What is Mary told when she is found hiding in the nursery?
(a) Her parents no longer want her and she is being sent away.
(b) Her Ayah has died of Cholera.
(c) Her parents have died of Cholera.
(d) Her parents are in prison.

5. Where is Mary living at the beginning of the book?
(a) America.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary think the moor is when she first sees it?

2. Who does Mary count as one of the people she likes that makes Dickon laugh when he first meets her?

3. What is the first thing that Mary hears when she gets to Misselthwaite Manor?

4. What did Mr. Craven do with the key of the Secret Garden?

5. Which of these is NOT an animal that was near Dickon when Mary first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How large is Martha's family?

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

3. 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?

4. What is Mrs. Medlock's first impression of Mary?

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

6. What is the source of the crying sound that Mary has been hearing at night?

7. When she first enters the garden, what does Mary do to help something start to grow?

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

9. Who/what is the first living creature to which Mary makes a connection?

10. How does Mary feel about Martha's mother from the stories Martha has told Mary about her?

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