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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Collin's major request about his visits to the garden?
(a) He must be taken in his wheel chair.
(b) Mrs. Medlock is never to go with him.
(c) Mary must always be by his side.
(d) No one should know where he goes.

2. What does Collin ask Mary to do for the surprise visitor to the garden after he is called a cripple?
(a) Invite him into the secret.
(b) Give him the key.
(c) Show him into the garden.
(d) Swear him to secrecy.

3. What does Collin say once he is in the Garden?
(a) "I shall win my father's love."
(b) "I am happy for the first time in my life."
(c) "I shall get well."
(d) "I can feel my mother here."

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

5. Who does Collin long to tell about the magic that he is witnessing all around him as he begins to get well?
(a) Dr. Craven.
(b) Mrs. Medlock.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

6. What happens to distract Collin from the tree that killed his mother?
(a) They hear distant thunder.
(b) They see a lamb jumping through the flowers.
(c) Dickon starts singing a song.
(d) The robin flies in.

7. Who always comes to see Collin after one of his tantrums?
(a) Martha.
(b) Mrs. Medlock.
(c) Dr. Craven.
(d) His father.

8. What does Collin do when the surprise visitor to the Garden calls Collin a cripple?
(a) He cries.
(b) He stands.
(c) He has the visitor fired.
(d) He smiles and promises to prove them wrong.

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

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

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

12. What is Collin most afraid will give away his improving health to the staff?
(a) His coloring.
(b) His walking.
(c) His appetite.
(d) His weight.

13. What does Mrs. Sowerby send Collin one day in the Garden?
(a) A book about gardening.
(b) Fresh fruit.
(c) A skipping rope like Mary's.
(d) Fresh milk and buns.

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

15. What is Mary awakened by in the night after her first fight with Colin?
(a) Doors being opened and closed and the rushing of feet.
(b) Collin's nurse.
(c) Martha's crying.
(d) Collin screaming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who walks into the room as Mary and Collin are talking?

3. Why does Collin keep the portrait of his mother covered?

4. What does Mary choose to do after her lunch on the first nice day after all the rain?

5. What is the Robin doing on the first nice day after all the rain?

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