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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 does Mary count as one of the people she likes that makes Dickon laugh when he first meets her?
(a) Ben.
(b) The Robin.
(c) Archibald Craven.
(d) Martha.

2. What does Mary realize about herself as she talks with Collin the night she first meets him?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is greedy.
(c) She is spoiled.
(d) She is lonely.

3. Where is Martha going on her day off after the rain has stopped?
(a) On a long walk along the moor.
(b) Into town.
(c) To her mother's house.
(d) To the seaside.

4. Why did Mary's uncle not get her a governess?
(a) Mrs. Medlock was supposed to see to that.
(b) He thinks she is too old.
(c) He forgot her.
(d) Mrs. Sowrby told him not to.

5. Who does Mary want to meet after hearing all of Martha's stories?
(a) Collin Craven.
(b) Martha's mother and her brother Dickon.
(c) Archibald Craven.
(d) Ben Weatherstaff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary make friends with as she explores the gardens on her first day at Misselthwaite?

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

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

4. Why has Mary never seen or heard about Collin?

5. What happens as Mary is playing by herself in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How large is Martha's family?

2. What does Mrs. Medlock think about the moor?

3. Why does Mrs. Medlock tell Mary that she will not see Mr. Craven while she is at Misselthwaite?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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