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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How soon does Mary's uncle leave after she arrives at Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) That night.
(b) Two days later.
(c) The next week.
(d) The next morning.

2. Who watches over Mary at the beginning of the book?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her Ayah.
(c) Her nursemaid.
(d) Her Mother.

3. What does Mary say when someone asks her if she likes herself?
(a) Sometimes she does, and sometimes she does not.
(b) She does - very much.
(c) She had never thought about it.
(d) She does not.

4. Why does Mary's uncle want to see her when he returns from his journey?
(a) He had a dream about her.
(b) Mrs. Sowerby said something to him.
(c) He wants to know what she needs.
(d) He wants to see if she looks like her aunt.

5. What did Mr. Craven do with the key of the Secret Garden?
(a) He melted it.
(b) He buried it.
(c) He placed it on his wife's headstone.
(d) He put in on a necklace and wears it.

6. What does the robin show Mary as she is walking in the gardens after the rain has stopped?
(a) A lost door.
(b) A buried key.
(c) A hurt lamb.
(d) Dickon.

7. Where is Mary living at the beginning of the book?
(a) China.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) India.

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

9. How old is Mary when she chases away her first English governess?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

10. How many rooms are in Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 225.
(d) Over 100.

11. What does Mrs. Medlock do to Mary when they arrive at their first stop on the way to Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) Wakes her.
(b) Embraces her.
(c) Warns her.
(d) Rebukes her.

12. What does Martha tell Mary when she comes in after meeting Dickon?
(a) Mrs. Medlock is furious with her.
(b) Ben knows what she has been doing.
(c) Dickon told Martha her secret.
(d) Her uncle is home.

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

14. What is wrong with Mary's uncle?
(a) He has a sickness of the lungs that also killed his wife.
(b) He has hallucinations due to stress.
(c) He has a hunched back and a broken heart.
(d) He is blind.

15. What does Dickon tell Mary about the work she has done without his help in the garden?
(a) She was in tune with the living things.
(b) She was doing the wrong things.
(c) She had excellent instincts.
(d) She needs some guidance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha say to Mary that deeply offends her when they first meet each other?

2. What does Mary do to stay warm when she is out in the gardens by herself?

3. How old is Misselthwaite Manor?

4. What does Mary hate most about her life at Misslethwaite?

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

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