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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 did Mrs. Sowerby buy for Mary?
2. What is the name of the place that Mary is sent after the Cholera breaks out?
3. In what county is Mary's new home?
4. What does Mary ask her uncle for when he asks her if she has any requests?
5. Why is Dickon sure that someone has been in the garden during the past 10 years?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Mary so surprised to hear that Dickon likes her when the two first meet?
2. What strikes Mary as odd about the people in Yorkshire?
3. Why does Mr. Craven decide to finally meet Mary?
4. How does Mary feel about Martha's mother from the stories Martha has told Mary about her?
5. What is the large tapestry on the second floor of Misselthwaite Manor hiding?
6. How did Mrs. Craven die?
7. What is Mary most afraid of when she first brings Dickon to her garden?
8. What nickname is Mary given when she temporarily lives with a clergyman in England?
9. What do most people think of Mary when they first meet her at the beginning of the book?
10. What does Mary tell Dickon about her garden after she has sworn him to secrecy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Colin introduces the theme of magic in this book. Where are some of the key places that this theme appears, and how do these events alter the plot of the book?
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
Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?
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