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

2. How many people does Mary like after meeting Dickon?

3. Why did Mary's uncle not get her a governess?

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

5. What is the first thing that Mary hears when she gets to Misselthwaite Manor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Medlock tell Mary that she will not see Mr. Craven while she is at Misselthwaite?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Mrs. Craven die?

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

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

9. Why does Mary rarely see her parents while living in India?

10. What does Mary do when she plays outside in India?

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

Nature is an integral theme in this book and accounts for a great deal of the changes in plot direction. What are some of the places that nature appeared, and how did it work to alter the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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