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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "The Key of the Garden".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary hate most about her life at Misslethwaite?
(a) There is no one to talk to her.
(b) She is not getting educated.
(c) She misses her parents.
(d) It has become too routine.

2. What happens as Mary is playing by herself in Chapter 1?
(a) Her Ayah dies.
(b) Mary is told she must be sent away.
(c) An earthquake causes the house to fall down.
(d) An angry mob rushes into the house.

3. What is Mary told when she is found hiding in the nursery?
(a) Her parents have died of Cholera.
(b) Her parents are in prison.
(c) Her parents no longer want her and she is being sent away.
(d) Her Ayah has died of Cholera.

4. How many books does the library at Misselthwaite hold?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Millions.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

5. What are Mrs. Medlock's instructions to Mary as she is shown her two rooms in the Manor?
(a) To never ask anything of her uncle.
(b) To never leave her room at night.
(c) To stay to those rooms, and only those rooms.
(d) To keep them tidy and neat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Mary and Mrs. Medlock get from the train station to the house?

3. Where is Mary living at the beginning of the book?

4. Where does Martha tell Mary to go on a very rainy day when she is not able to go outside?

5. What causes Mary to go outside to the gardens, even on cold and windy days?

(see the answer key)

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