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

2. What does Mary tell Martha she wants after her first time inside the Secret Garden?

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

4. What did Mr. Craven do with the key of the Secret Garden?

5. How long has the Secret Garden been locked up when Mary enters it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the large tapestry on the second floor of Misselthwaite Manor hiding?

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

5. After meeting her cousin for the first time, what does Mary do before she leaves him?

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

7. How did Mrs. Craven die?

8. Who is Mary being sent to live with once she is orphaned?

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

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

How do Mary and Colin change through the course of the book and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Secrecy was an extremely important theme of this book. What were some of the most highly guarded secrets, and how did these secrets affect those who were a part of them? Is secrecy a good thing? Why or why not?

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