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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, "Nest Building".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary notice as they begin to pass over the moor?
(a) There are many houses there.
(b) It is darker than she had imagined.
(c) There seems to be nothing there.
(d) It is lovely.

2. How long has the Secret Garden been locked up when Mary enters it?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. What does Mary think the moor is when she first sees it?
(a) A desert.
(b) The sea.
(c) A forest.
(d) A barren wasteland.

4. How does Mary get her request to Dickon for what she thinks she needs in the Secret Garden?
(a) Mary asks the robin to tell him.
(b) Mary finds him in the garden and tells him.
(c) Martha dictates a letter for her.
(d) Mary asks Martha to ask him.

5. When do most people take a liking to the moor, according to Mrs. Medlock?
(a) When the wind blows over it.
(b) When it is covered in snow.
(c) When the animals all have their babies.
(d) When it is in bloom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Mary's uncle not get her a governess?

3. What does Mary ask her uncle for when he asks her if she has any requests?

4. What is the last stop of the train on Mary's journey to Misselthwaite Manor with Mrs. Medlock?

5. What is Mary afraid of a she looks through the garden?

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