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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 is the Robin doing on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) Building a nest.
(b) Trying to find a mate.
(c) Gathering nuts and berries.
(d) Singing his joy about the warmth.

2. What does Collin do when he hears what Mary plans to do after lunch on the first nice day after all the rain?
(a) He fires Martha.
(b) He throws a tantrum.
(c) He asks her to read a book to him.
(d) He forbids Mary to ever speak to his father again.

3. What does Collin do on his first day in the Garden while Mary and Dickon work?
(a) He sits and watches.
(b) He asks Dickon loads of questions.
(c) He ponders about magic.
(d) He sings.

4. Why do Mary and Collin have to cover their mouths when they are in the presence of the staff as Collin begins to get well?
(a) To keep up the pretense of a contagious disease.
(b) To be a reminder to stay quiet about their secret.
(c) To muffle their laughter.
(d) So the staff does not see them laughing.

5. 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) Write him a letter.
(d) Bring Dickon in to meet him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Collin plants in the Garden?

2. What has Dickon named his tamed squirrels?

3. What does Mr. Craven send Mary after she asks for her bit of earth?

4. What kept Ben from fully keeping his promise to Mrs. Craven?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Colin now able to take the curtain off of his mother's portrait?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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