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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. Who does Collin say he wants to be as strong as?

2. Why is Collin so angry about being called a cripple?

3. What does Collin say is the only medicine he needs after his hysterics?

4. What does Dickon's mother say about the skylark's song in the morning?

5. What is Mary awakened by in the night after her first fight with Colin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colin realize as he and Mary view all the different portraits in Misselthwaite Manor?

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

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

4. What does Colin do when he first sees his mother's garden?

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

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

7. What does Colin announce to his nurse after Dr. Craven leaves following the examination?

8. Why does Mary give Colin the nickname of 'Rajah'?

9. After Mary first meets Colin, what do Mary and Dickon think would be a big help to Colin?

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

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

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

The author carefully worded the titles of each chapter in this book. Choose three of these titles and write about how that title fully captures the theme and events of that chapter.

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