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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. Why is Mary so exultant when she comes to see Collin the morning after his tantrum?

2. Where does Mary spend her days while it is too rain to work on the Garden?

3. What does Dickon say keeps him so strong?

4. Why is Collin unhappy when he sees Mary with her hat on?

5. How does Dickon's mother know that Mr. Craven is on his way home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Colin have to wait so long to see the garden after he and Mary make the plans to go there?

2. What is so astonishing to Mrs. Medlock and Dr. Craven when they see Mary and Colin in his room together?

3. Why did no one in the garden feel that Mrs. Sowerby was intruding when she came into the garden unannounced?

4. What does Ben do when he starts to climb over the wall of the garden and sees Mary there?

5. What did Mary learn had made her so unpopular her whole life?

6. What does Mary do to calm Colin down from his hysterics?

7. On the day after Colin's tantrum, what does Mary do for him that makes him laugh?

8. Why is Mary so hesitant to tell Colin that she has found the garden?

9. As she listens to Mary and Colin interact outside Colin's door the day after his tantrum, what is Medlock so amazed by?

10. Why is Colin not able to walk when he first starts coming to the garden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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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