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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Mary get her request to Dickon for what she thinks she needs in the Secret Garden?
2. What portraits in Misslethwaite are most interesting to Mary?
3. What does Mary think is so strange about the people helping her and Mrs. Medlock at the train station?
4. What does Mary need to know about Dickon before she will show him her garden?
5. Who does Mary want to meet after hearing all of Martha's stories?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who/what is the first living creature to which Mary makes a connection?
2. Why is Mary so surprised to hear that Dickon likes her when the two first meet?
3. How did Mrs. Craven die?
4. Why does Mary rarely see her parents while living in India?
5. When she first enters the garden, what does Mary do to help something start to grow?
6. Who is Mary being sent to live with once she is orphaned?
7. What does Mary think about her mother at the beginning of the book?
8. What is the source of the crying sound that Mary has been hearing at night?
9. What is Mrs. Medlock's first impression of Mary?
10. What is the large tapestry on the second floor of Misselthwaite Manor hiding?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the key to the garden influence the course of the story and what important cautions were given to those who used it?
Essay Topic 2
Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Dickon's animals were almost always present with him throughout the course of the story. Who are some of these animals, and why were they so important to the setting of the book? Why did the author feel it was so important o include them in the plot of the book?
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