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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 Mary threaten to do when Collin says he will send Dickon away?
(a) Never see him again.
(b) Go to live with Dickon and his mother.
(c) Never take him to the Garden.
(d) Never speak to him again.

2. What is beside Dickon as he works in the garden on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) A red fox.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A deer.
(d) A lamb.

3. Why is Mary so exultant when she comes to see Collin the morning after his tantrum?
(a) The wind is blowing.
(b) Dickon is here.
(c) Her uncle is on his way home.
(d) Spring has come.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben suggest that Collin do to show thanks to the garden and its magic?

2. What is Collin's nurse doing as Mary storms out of Collin's room?

3. Why does Collin wake up so happy the morning after his tantrum?

4. What does Dickon say keeps him so strong?

5. What does Collin do on his first day in the Garden while Mary and Dickon work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Dickon's mother tell Colin that he will find his mother?

6. What does Mary do to calm Colin down from his hysterics?

7. What does Colin do when he first sees his mother's garden?

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

9. After Mary first meets Colin, what do Mary and Dickon think would be a big help to Colin?

10. What does Dickon add to Colin's daily routine to help him grow strong?

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