Secret Garden Test Ch. 16-End 1. What does Colin threaten to do that upsets Mary the most?
2. True/False: The nurse is mad at Mary for upsetting Colin.
3. What scares Colin, often causing his fits?
4. Who does Mary say is like an angel?
5. Why is Dr. Craven somewhat upset when Colin shows improvement?
6. Why does Mary understand Colin’s outbursts and attitude so well?
7. True/False: Mary is attracted to Dickon.
8. True/False: Dr. Craven is mad when he hears Colin is friends with Dickon.
9. Where does Colin say he wants to “live forever and ever and ever”?
10. What magic power does Dickon seem to have?
11. What does Colin learn to do when he enters the garden?
12. True/False: Dickon says his own magic helped Colin’s health.
13. Who catches the kids in the garden?
14. What did Ben tell Mrs. Craven he would do if she died?

15. How often does Ben do this?
16. Who does Colin want to surprise with his newfound health?
17. True/False: Dickon helps Colin with a wrestling workout program. 18. Why do the kids not want to eat even though they’re hungry?
19. Why does Colin not want to look at the picture of his mother?
20. Why does he eventually change his mind?
21. What does Colin say he is going to write a book about?
22. True/False: One section of the book shows us the point of view of Dickson’s fox. 23. What does Ben say “Magic” really is?
24. Whose mother is described as being the ultimate mother?
25. How many kids does this mother (from #24) have?
26. According to Mrs. Sowerby, where is Colin’s mother?
27. What does Colin plant in the garden to show he is an owner of it? 28. What convinces Mr. Craven to return home?
29. True/False: Mr. Craven feels worse physically the closer he gets to home. 30. True/False: Mr. Craven is angry when he finds out the kids are in the garden. 31. How does the power of positive thinking apply to the story?
32. Who can we blame for Mary and Colin being brats to begin with?

33. What is the final image of the novel?

1.Colin threatens to forbid Dickon from visiting the manor, and that upsets Mary the most.

2.False. The nurse is rather pleased that Colin has found his match.

3.The fear that he might grow up to be a hunchback scares Colin.

4.Mary says Dickon is like an angel.

5.Dr Craven is somewhat upset when Colin shows improvement because he didn't expect Colin to live past childhood, and he expects to inherit the manor when Colin dies.

6.Mary understands Colin"s outburts so well because she is like him, lonely and without friends.

7.True, Mary is attracted to Dickon.

8.False, Dr Craven is pleased when he hears Colin is friends with Dickon.

9.Colin says he wants to live "forever and ever and ever" in the secret garden.

10.Dickon seems to have magic powers.

11.Colin learns to walk when he enters the garden.

12.False, Dickon says its the garden, exercise and good food that heals Colin.

13.Ben Weatherstaff catches the kids in the garden.

14.Ben told Mrs Craven he will take care of her roses when she is gone.

15.Once or twice a year when his rheumatism is not bad.

16.Colin wants to surprise his father with his newfound health.

17.True, Dickon got the exercises from the local wrestling champion.

18.The kids don't want to eat even though they are hungry to keep up the appearance that they are not getting better.

19.Colin doesn't want to look at his mother's picture because it makes him angry at her for dying.

20.He eventually changes his mind because it no longer makes him sad to look at it.

21.Colin says he wants to write a book about magic.

22.False, it gives the point of view of Ben's robin.

23.Ben says magic is really

24.Dickon's mother is described as the ultimate mother.

25.The mother from #24 has 12 kids.

26.Mrs Sowerby says Colin's mother is in that very garden.

27.Colin plants roses to show that he is the owner of the garden.

28.Mr. Craven's dream and Mrs. Sowerby's letter convinces him to return home.

29.True, he likes to go on long travels to escape home.

30.False, Mr Craven is astonished to find the kids in the garden.

31.The power of positive thinking applies to this story in that

it shows if a person thinks positively they can achieve great things.

32.Their respective parents are to blame for Colin and Mary being brats.

33.The final picture of the story shows Colin and his father walking towards the manor.

Explanation:

The Secret Garden is a book about two English children who lost their parents and consequently suffered from bad upbringing, as a result of having been given their own way too often.

The book details their journey from brats to reasonably good children, and the adventures they have throughout.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.