The Secret Garden UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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The Secret Garden
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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which line(s) from the novel is an example of dialect? - CORRECT ANSWER- • "Th'
carriage is waitin' outside for thee."
• "An' tha's browt th' young 'un with thee."
• "I see tha's got back," he said. "An' tha's browt th' you...
The Secret Garden UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which line(s) from the novel is an example of dialect? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • "Th'
carriage is waitin' outside for thee."
• "An' tha's browt th' young 'un with thee."
• "I see tha's got back," he said. "An' tha's browt th' young 'un with thee."
2. Read this excerpt from the novel:
"She stared out of the window with her lips pinched together, and it seemed quite natural that
the rain should have begun to pour down in grey slanting lines and splash and stream down
the window-panes."
Based on the language the author uses, what conclusion can be drawn about how Mary feels
at this moment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- She feels sad.
3. In the novel, what is a symbol of the human spirit? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the secret
garden
4. In the novel, what does Ben Weatherstaff view as a symbol of Mr. Craven's closed heart? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the locked door to the secret garden
5. Which best describes Colin's main conflict in the novel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- He
is lonely and unhappy because he thinks that he is doomed to a life of poor health.
6. How does Colin resolve the conflict he faces in the novel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
He believes he is going to grow up and tries to think only positive thoughts.
7. Which character is best described as having an incredible connection to nature and to wild
animals? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Dickon Sowerby
8. In the novel, how does Martha Sowerby first help Mary? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- She
forces Mary to be independent.
, 9. What does Mary show when she tells Colin that she found the secret garden? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- She shows she trusts Colin.
10. What has caused has Ben Weatherstaff to tend to the secret garden for ten years without
telling anyone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- his love for and loyalty to Colin's mother
11. At the start of the novel, how do the manor and the garden reflect the conflicts within and
among the people who live there? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The manor and garden have
many locked rooms and secret places, just as the people who live there have many secrets.
12. Which of Dickon's traits does his drawing of the missel thrush best symbolize? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- his trustworthiness
13. What does Dickon do to help Colin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- He learns exercises
from a strong man to show Colin.
14. Why does Ben Weatherstaff care so much about Colin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- He
liked Mrs. Craven, and he wants to see her son as happy and well as she was.
15. In the novel, what does Mary's friendship with Colin show? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Overcoming one's fears can lead to great happiness.
16. In the novel, how do the children and the garden change in similar ways? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- On the afternoon that Colin enters the garden for the first time, both he and
the flowers seem unusually radiant and beautiful.
17. Which is a theme of the novel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Before one can be happy,
one must make peace with the past.
Love can transform people and places in extraordinary ways.
People who are lonely and isolated are bound to be unhappy.
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