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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do with the key just after she finds it?

2. What does Mary call the Garden in her mind after she finds it?

3. What causes Mary to go outside to the gardens, even on cold and windy days?

4. What are Mrs. Medlock's instructions to Mary as she is shown her two rooms in the Manor?

5. What does Mary do to stay warm when she is out in the gardens by herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Craven decide to finally meet Mary?

2. What is Mary most afraid of when she first brings Dickon to her garden?

3. What does the Robin show Mary at the bottom of a hole?

4. What is Mrs. Medlock's first impression of Mary?

5. How does Mary feel about Martha's mother from the stories Martha has told Mary about her?

6. How large is Martha's family?

7. What nickname is Mary given when she temporarily lives with a clergyman in England?

8. What is the source of the crying sound that Mary has been hearing at night?

9. What does Mrs. Sowerby purchase for Mary to make her happy?

10. When she first enters the garden, what does Mary do to help something start to grow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dickon's animals were almost always present with him throughout the course of the story. Who are some of these animals, and why were they so important to the setting of the book? Why did the author feel it was so important o include them in the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What did Mary learn about herself from her interaction with Colin and how did these interaction cause her to change?

Essay Topic 3

Susan Sowerby was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Susan Sowerby had not been in the book at all?

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