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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 say once he is in the Garden?
(a) "I am happy for the first time in my life."
(b) "I shall win my father's love."
(c) "I shall get well."
(d) "I can feel my mother here."

2. What does Mrs. Sowerby send Collin one day in the Garden?
(a) Fresh fruit.
(b) A book about gardening.
(c) A skipping rope like Mary's.
(d) Fresh milk and buns.

3. What is Mary's nick-name for Collin?
(a) King.
(b) Rajah.
(c) Prince.
(d) Emporer.

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

5. What does Mary find in the Garden when she is finally able to return to it after all the rain?
(a) A crow.
(b) A small finch family.
(c) The robin.
(d) A hawk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Mary see Collin being rude to after his first day in the Garden?

3. What does Collin smell on Mary when she comes to see him the morning he wakes up happy?

4. Why is Collin so restless on the first day it is too rainy for him to go out to the Garden?

5. What has Dickon named his tamed squirrels?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Ben continue pruning the secret garden after Mr. Craven had ordered it to be locked up?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Mary so hesitant to tell Colin that she has found the garden?

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