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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 realize about herself as she talks with Collin the night she first meets him?

2. What is Mary's first impression of the Secret Garden?

3. Who is sent to pick Mary up to take her to her new home?

4. Who gives Mary her new nickname after her parents die?

5. How old is Misselthwaite Manor?

Short Essay Questions

1. When wandering around inside on a rainy day, what interesting fact does Mary find about the rooms on the second floor?

2. What does Ben Weatherstaff say about Mary when he sees her with her new gift from Mrs. Sowerby?

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

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

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

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

7. Who/what is the first living creature to which Mary makes a connection?

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

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

10. What is the first thing that Mary hears when she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author carefully worded the titles of each chapter in this book. Choose three of these titles and write about how that title fully captures the theme and events of that chapter.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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