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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Collin plan to do with his life when he is older?
(a) Make important discoveries about magic.
(b) Inherit his father's business.
(c) Become a gardener.
(d) Be a teacher.

2. Who does Collin say he wants to be as strong as?
(a) His father.
(b) Dickon.
(c) Ben Weatherstaff.
(d) Mary.

3. What does Ben suggest that Collin do to show thanks to the garden and its magic?
(a) Sing the Doxology.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Write his father.
(d) Say the Lord's prayer.

4. What is Mary's nick-name for Collin?
(a) Prince.
(b) King.
(c) Rajah.
(d) Emporer.

5. What does Dickon tell Mary to do for Collin to make him laugh the morning after his hysterics?
(a) Tickle him.
(b) Describe the garden in detail.
(c) Speak to him in Yorkshire.
(d) Tell him about all of the animals in the garden.

6. What does Mary ask Collin to not talk about with her anymore?
(a) The garden.
(b) His mother.
(c) Dying.
(d) Being sick.

7. What has Dickon named his tamed squirrels?
(a) Sugar and Spice.
(b) Chitter and Chatter.
(c) Bill and Bob.
(d) Nut and Shell.

8. Who enters the garden while Collin, Dickon and Mary are expressing their thanks to the garden and its magic?
(a) Collin's nurse.
(b) Martha.
(c) Dr. Craven.
(d) Mrs. Sowerby.

9. What does Collin do as he is taken into the Garden?
(a) He closes his eyes.
(b) He notes every detail as they pass.
(c) He sings a song of joy.
(d) He tries to walk.

10. What does the head gardener of Misselthwaite think of Dickon?
(a) He thinks Dickon is a fine lad.
(b) He thinks Dickon is smart as a whip.
(c) He thinks Dickon is a bit eccentric.
(d) He thinks Dickon is an enchanter.

11. Who joins the circle that Collin creates as he tells Mary and Dickon of his future plans?
(a) The wind.
(b) Animals.
(c) Ben.
(d) The robin.

12. What does Collin smell on Mary when she comes to see him the morning he wakes up happy?
(a) Spring.
(b) The garden.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) The wind.

13. What does Mrs. Medlock tell the head gardener about the new goings on in the house just before Collin goes out for the first time?
(a) Mary is a nuisance.
(b) Things are getting better.
(c) Collin will get sicker.
(d) She is afraid of the consequences of all these new plans.

14. Why does Collin not mind keeping the curtain open over the picture of his mother as he begins to get well?
(a) He feels she is happy to be with him now.
(b) He misses her.
(c) He hopes her picture will bring his father to visit him.
(d) He is no longer angry with her for leaving.

15. Where does Mary spend her days while it is too rain to work on the Garden?
(a) With Collin.
(b) Helping in the kitchen.
(c) In the library.
(d) Exploring Misselthwaite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary tell Collin when she gets to his room during his hysterics?

2. Who does Collin's nurse ask help from during Collin's hysterics?

3. What kept Ben from fully keeping his promise to Mrs. Craven?

4. What does Mary suggest that she and Collin do on the first day that it is too rainy for Collin to go out in the Garden?

5. How is Collin feeling the morning after his hysterics?

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