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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 is the name of the place that Mary is sent after the Cholera breaks out?

2. When do most people take a liking to the moor, according to Mrs. Medlock?

3. What is the nickname that is given to Mary by one of the children who she stays with after her parents die?

4. How does Mary tell Dickon she came across her garden?

5. Why will Mary not see much of her uncle while she is at Misselthwaite Manor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mary do that causes her appetite to increase?

3. How did Mrs. Craven die?

4. Why is Mary so surprised to hear that Dickon likes her when the two first meet?

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

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

7. What does Mary tell Dickon about her garden after she has sworn him to secrecy?

8. What does Mary think about her mother at the beginning of the book?

9. What strikes Mary as odd about the people in Yorkshire?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What happens to Colin at the the end of the book, and what deeper meanings does this event imply? How does this one event change Colin's life and perspective and why do you think the author placed this scene where he did?

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