How Could I Ever Know? – The Secret Garden

a) Nan

b) Ayah

c) Sahib

d) Rajah

2. How did Mary find the key to the garden?

a) It was in her aunt Lily’s old room.

b) It was in her uncle Archibald’s office.

c) Ben Weatherstaff told her where it was.

d) The robin showed her where it was.

3. Why didn’t Colin like to look at his mother’s picture?

a) She looked too happy.

b) It made him miss her.

c) His father got angry at him for looking at it.

d) He didn’t care about her since he had never known her.

4. Which of the following didn’t Colin and Mary talk about in detail?

a) Boy princes in India

b) Dickon and his creatures

c) Mary’s parents

d) Colin’s mother

5. Why did Colin think he was going to die?

a) Everyone had always said so.

b) There was a large hump on his back.

c) He always felt very sick.

d) The grand doctor from London had told him.

6. Why did Mary and Colin not eat their food from the house?

a) They liked Dickon’s mother’s cooking better.

b) The staff of the house wouldn’t let them eat together.

c) They weren’t hungry enough to eat all that was prepared for them.

d) They didn’t want anyone to know Colin was getting better.

7. What did Colin want to do when he got older?

a) Make great scientific discoveries.

b) Be a champion boxer.

c) Travel to India.

d) Teach Magic to people.

8. Which of the following did NOT know about the garden?

a) Colin

b) Ben Weatherstaff

c) Martha

d) Dickon

9. What did Lily say over and over in Archibald’s dream?

a) “Colin”

b) “In the garden!”

c) “Home”

d) “The children”

10. What was Colin doing when his father saw him at the end of the novel?

a) Playing hide-and-seek with Mary

b) Doing his Magic exercises

c) Digging in the garden with Mary and Dickon

d) Having a race with Mary

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