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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 learn about what to do in the garden after she finds it?
(a) Has Dickon help her.
(b) Asks Ben lots of questions.
(c) Reads books about gardening.
(d) She does what seems natural for the plants.

2. Why will Mary not see much of her uncle while she is at Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) He is too busy with matters of work.
(b) He is sickly and needs much care.
(c) He does not want to see her at all.
(d) He keeps to himself and is seldom home.

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

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

5. Why has Mary never seen or heard about Collin?
(a) He forbids the servants to talk about him.
(b) His father thinks he is dead.
(c) He has been in a coma.
(d) His sickness is contagious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the Secret Garden been locked up when Mary enters it?

2. How many rooms are in Misselthwaite Manor?

3. What does Mary hear when she finds herself lost in Misselthwaite Manor on the day it was too rainy for her to go outside?

4. Who is sent to pick Mary up to take her to her new home?

5. What does Mary need to know about Dickon before she will show him her garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mr. Craven decide to finally meet Mary?

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

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

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

6. What does Mrs. Sowerby purchase for Mary to make her happy?

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

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

9. How large is Martha's family?

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

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