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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 part of the house does Mary's uncle live?

2. What portraits in Misslethwaite are most interesting to Mary?

3. What is so surprising to Mary about the sky after the rain stops?

4. What does Mary notice about Ben as the weather grows nicer?

5. How old is Mary when she chases away her first English governess?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ben say about Mary after she has been at Misselthwaite Manor for a month?

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

3. How large is Martha's family?

4. What does Mary tell Martha that she wants after her first time inside the garden?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mary finds that for the first time, there are people in her life whom she likes. List five of these people and explain what they did to earn Mary's sacred regard for them.

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

How does the key to the garden influence the course of the story and what important cautions were given to those who used it?

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