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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 Collin smell on Mary when she comes to see him the morning he wakes up happy?
(a) The garden.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) The wind.
(d) Spring.

2. Why is Collin unhappy when he sees Mary with her hat on?
(a) She is not wearing the hat he gave her.
(b) He dislikes people wearing hats in the house.
(c) She looks dull and tired in her hat.
(d) He knows she is leaving him to go outside.

3. What does Collin ask Mary to do for the surprise visitor to the garden after he is called a cripple?
(a) Invite him into the secret.
(b) Show him into the garden.
(c) Swear him to secrecy.
(d) Give him the key.

4. Who does Collin see climbing over the wall of the Garden?
(a) Mrs. Medlock.
(b) The head gardener.
(c) Ben Weatherstaff.
(d) His father.

5. What does Dickon's mother say about the skylark's song in the morning?
(a) They are praising God.
(b) They are praying.
(c) They are laughing.
(d) They are singing the doxology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary ask Collin to not talk about with her anymore?

2. What does Collin think Mrs. Sowerby has after he receives her kind gift in the Garden?

3. Where does Mary spend her days while it is too rain to work on the Garden?

4. What does Mary threaten to do when Collin says he will send Dickon away?

5. What is Collin's major request about his visits to the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mary learn had made her so unpopular her whole life?

2. As she listens to Mary and Colin interact outside Colin's door the day after his tantrum, what is Medlock so amazed by?

3. What does Colin realize as he and Mary view all the different portraits in Misselthwaite Manor?

4. What does Mary tell Colin once he has calmed down from his hysterics?

5. Why does Colin have to wait so long to see the garden after he and Mary make the plans to go there?

6. What gift does Mary find from her uncle when she gets to her room after her fight with Colin?

7. What does Colin chant as part of his experiment to use magic to get well?

8. What does Colin plant in the garden on his first visit there?

9. The day after Colin's tantrum, what does Dr. Craven prescribe for him?

10. Why does Mary give Colin the nickname of 'Rajah'?

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