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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 does Collin say about Dickon's mother just before he leaves the garden after expressing his thanks to it?

2. What does Mary do when she hears what caused Collin's hysterics?

3. What did Ben do after Mr. Craven ordered the garden be shut up?

4. What does Mary want to use as a lure to get Collin to come outside when the weather is good again?

5. What is Collin most afraid will give away his improving health to the staff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dickon add to Colin's daily routine to help him grow strong?

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

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

4. Why is Colin now able to take the curtain off of his mother's portrait?

5. What does Colin chant as part of his experiment to use magic to get well?

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

7. What does Colin threaten to do to Mary to make sure she will come to visit him?

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

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

10. What does Colin plant in the garden on his first visit there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Colin at the the end of the book, and what deeper meanings does this event imply? How does this one event change Colin's life and perspective and why do you think the author placed this scene where he did?

Essay Topic 3

What did Mary learn about herself from her interaction with Colin and how did these interaction cause her to change?

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