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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. Why is Collin so restless on the first day it is too rainy for him to go out to the Garden?
(a) He hates knowing that the staff thinks he is crippled.
(b) He has not had to sit so still for a long time.
(c) He is nervous about someone figuring out his secret.
(d) He is nervous about seeing his father.

2. What does Collin do when the surprise visitor to the Garden calls Collin a cripple?
(a) He cries.
(b) He stands.
(c) He has the visitor fired.
(d) He smiles and promises to prove them wrong.

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

4. What does Mary decide to do after receiving her gift from her uncle after her fight with Collin?
(a) Bring Dickon in to meet him.
(b) Write him a letter.
(c) Go to see him in the morning.
(d) Take him to the garden.

5. What has Dickon named the animal who works in the garden with him on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) General.
(b) Captain.
(c) Admiral.
(d) Colonel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Collin say he wants to be as strong as?

2. What does Mary suggest that she and Collin do on the first day that it is too rainy for Collin to go out in the Garden?

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

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

5. Who walks into the room as Mary and Collin are talking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so astonishing to Mrs. Medlock and Dr. Craven when they see Mary and Colin in his room together?

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

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

4. Why did no one in the garden feel that Mrs. Sowerby was intruding when she came into the garden unannounced?

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

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

7. Why is Colin not able to walk when he first starts coming to the garden?

8. What does Colin announce to his nurse after Dr. Craven leaves following the examination?

9. What does Ben do when he starts to climb over the wall of the garden and sees Mary there?

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

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