2.3 Quiz

What is Mary's motivation for calling Martha a "daughter of a pig"?

• fear

• loneliness

• anger

What is Martha's motivation for comforting Mary while she cries?

• fear of losing her housemaid job

• embarrassment

• sympathy and kindness

What is Mary's motivation for exploring the many rooms of Misselthwaite Manor?

• She wants to cause trouble.

• She is curious about her new surroundings.

• She wants to get away from Martha.

"I should like to see them," said Mary. "Where is the green door? There must be a door somewhere."

Ben drove his spade deep and looked as uncompanionable as he had looked when she first saw him.

Which explains why Ben Weatherstaff's expression became "uncompanionable"?

• Talking about the secret garden is painful for Ben.

• He doesn't know the answer to Mary's question.

Which contributes to Mary's loneliness?

• Martha's Yorkshire chatter

• She has never been close to her parents.

• Mary's interactions with the robin

She was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree, and the robin had flown on to one of its branches and had burst out into a scrap of a song. ...

"What did he do that for?" asked Mary.

"He's made up his mind to make friends with thee," replied Ben. "Dang me if he hasn't took a fancy to thee."

"To me?" said Mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly and looked up.

Which is the best evidence that Mary is beginning to change?

• "What did he do that for?" asked Mary.

• She moved toward the little tree softly.

• She was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree.

"I'm lonely," she said.

She had not known before that this was one of the things which made her feel sour and cross. She seemed to find it out when the robin looked at her and she looked at the robin.

Which theme from the novel is apparent in this passage?

• Secrets can have unintended consequences.

• Curiosity is a natural part of childhood.

• Everyone needs companionship.

"She was a sweet, pretty thing and [Mr. Craven would] have walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass she wanted."

Which theme from the novel is apparent in this passage?

• Love opens a person's heart.

• Curiosity is a natural part of childhood.

"Is it so very bad? Oh, is it?" Mary heard her say.

"Awfully," the young man answered in a trembling voice. "Awfully, Mrs. Lennox. You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago."

The Memsahib wrung her hands.

"Oh, I know I ought!" she cried. "I only stayed to go to that silly dinner-party. What a fool I was!"

Which detail best supports the idea that Mrs. Lennox is a silly, self-centered woman?

• She stayed in the cholera-infested area so she could attend a dinner party.

• She wrung her hands.