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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 happens to distract Collin from the tree that killed his mother?
(a) They hear distant thunder.
(b) The robin flies in.
(c) Dickon starts singing a song.
(d) They see a lamb jumping through the flowers.

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

3. What does Collin say about Dickon's mother just before he leaves the garden after expressing his thanks to it?
(a) That he is glad she was friends with his mother.
(b) That she were his own mother.
(c) That he could remember his own mother.
(d) That she understands children the way Dickon understands animals.

4. Why does Mary say no one has ever called Collin out on his rudeness?
(a) They loved him.
(b) They feared him.
(c) The pitied him.
(d) They hated him.

5. Why did the nurse never do what Mary did for Collin during his hysterics?
(a) She thought he wanted space.
(b) She did not know what Collin was upset about.
(c) She thought it would upset him.
(d) She was afraid is would hurt him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary make Collin do before telling him that she has found his mother's garden?

2. What is Mary's nick-name for Collin?

3. Who does Dickon tell about the Garden with Mary's permission?

4. What does Collin do when he hears what Mary plans to do after lunch on the first nice day after all the rain?

5. Who enters the garden while Collin, Dickon and Mary are expressing their thanks to the garden and its magic?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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