The Secret Garden - (Frances Burnett - Level: 7.5)
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Choose the best answer for each question listed below.


1. What did Mr. Carven do with the Key after he locked up the garden?

He dropped it over the wall.
He hung it around his neck.
He gave it to the gardener.
He threw it down a well.
He buried it somewhere.

2. What did Martha say the strange cries were?

The sea birds flying overhead.
The ghost of Mrs. Carven
The ocean waves during high tide.
Unhappy spirits in the tower.
The wind off the moor.

3. How did Mary find the key?

Ben told her where it was buried.
Colin told her where he had seen the key.
She was digging in a flower bed.
It fell off Mr. Carven's neck.
She was following the robin.

4. Why did Dickon come to see Mary the first time?

To show her how to get into the garden.
To ask if she knew were he could find Martha.
To bring her garden tools and seeds.
To warn her that Medlock was looking for her.
To see what she looked like.

5. Who would inherit Misselthwaite if Colin died?

The Vicar.
The doctor.
Mary.
Colin.
Ben.

6. Medlock told Mary it was good that the cousions had met because Colin...

Had stopped having tantrums.
Was eating better.
Had started asking for his father.
Was doing everything the doctor said.
Was sleeping better.

7. What did Dickon and Mary decide before Colin came to the garden?

He would have to decide how to tell his father.
They would let him boss them around as he pleased.
That Colin would have to walk before entering the garden.
They would never tell him the truth about the broken branch.
They would not allow him to become overtired.

8. How did Weatherstaff tend the garden after it was locked?

He used a hidden door.
He had the key.
He used the secret passage.
He knew of an entrance by the stream.
He climbed the wall.

9. Mary and Colin hid their big appetites by...

Having Martha sneak food into the nursery.
Allowing Mrs. Sowerby to send them food.
Having Dickon smuggle food into the garden.
Persuading Weatherstaff to bring them picnic lunches.
Sneaking into the kitchen at night.

10. Mr. Craven returned home after receiving a letter from...

Mrs. Sowerby
The doctor
Colin
Dickon
Mary

Your score is out of 10.