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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Mary so disappointed to hear the rain falling when she awakes the night after meeting her uncle?
(a) She fears it will keep her uncle from leaving again as he had planned.
(b) She knows the rain will keep her from going outside.
(c) She is afraid too much water will hurt her garden.
(d) She wanted a good night's sleep.

3. What does Mary think is so strange about the people helping her and Mrs. Medlock at the train station?
(a) They are wearing funny clothes.
(b) They speak funny.
(c) They walk funny.
(d) They all have funny hats.

4. Who does Mary make friends with as she explores the gardens on her first day at Misselthwaite?
(a) Ben Weatherstaff.
(b) A robin.
(c) Dickon.
(d) A pony.

5. How many people does Mary like after meeting Dickon?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

6. What does Mary do with the key just after she finds it?
(a) Gives it to Ben.
(b) Re-buries it and then marks the spot.
(c) Slips it into her pocket.
(d) Hides it in her room where Mrs. Medlock will not find it.

7. What does Mary tell Martha at the end of tea time just after she finds the Secret Garden?
(a) She found the garden.
(b) She hates living there.
(c) She wants to meet Martha's mother.
(d) She heard someone crying.

8. What has grown over the wall of the Secret Garden, thus hiding the door?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Climbing roses.
(c) Shrubbery.
(d) Moss.

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

10. How does Mary react whenever she sees her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) She cries and runs away.
(b) She smiles sweetly and tries to be like her.
(c) She runs to her and laughs with joy.
(d) She stares and wonders at her incredible beauty.

11. Why is all the plant-life on the moor so low to the ground?
(a) The over-production of lumber.
(b) The lack of rain.
(c) The wind.
(d) It is grazing country for sheep.

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

13. What is the last stop of the train on Mary's journey to Misselthwaite Manor with Mrs. Medlock?
(a) Craven Station.
(b) Thwaite Station.
(c) Missel Mile Station.
(d) Misselthwaite Station.

14. What did Mrs. Sowerby buy for Mary?
(a) A book.
(b) A packet of seeds.
(c) A skipping rope.
(d) A scarf.

15. Why has Mary never seen or heard about Collin?
(a) He forbids the servants to talk about him.
(b) His sickness is contagious.
(c) He has been in a coma.
(d) His father thinks he is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books does the library at Misselthwaite hold?

2. What does Mrs. Medlock do to Mary when they arrive at their first stop on the way to Misselthwaite Manor?

3. How does Mary get her request to Dickon for what she thinks she needs in the Secret Garden?

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

5. What is the name of the place that Mary is sent after the Cholera breaks out?

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