The Secret Garden review - Feb2020

Which sentence uses the italicized vocabulary word correctly?

• We are ready to harvest the corn from the lush, barren field.

• Minor characters always undergo huge changes over the course of a story.

• My dog is so peculiar - sometimes he'll bark at absolutely nothing!

• "My name is Emily." is an idiom.

Read the passage below. How does the underlined word help to develop the mood of this passage?

She turned her face towards the streaming panes of the window of the railway carriage and gazed out at the grey rain-storm which looked as if it would go on forever and ever. She watched it so long and steadily that the greyness grew heavier and heavier before her eyes closed and she fell asleep.

• It appeals to the reader's emotions to create a regretful feeling.

• It appears to the reader's fears to create a feeling of paranoia.

• It appears to the reader's sense of sight to create a melancholy feeling.

• It appeals to the reader's sense of sound to create a lonely feeling.

What symbolizes Colin's connection to his mother?

• the roses he plants

• the locked door to the secret garden

• the robin redbreast

• springtime in the garden

What symbolizes Mr. Craven's closed heart?

• the little robin redbreast who befriends Mary

• the dark and frightening moors

• the locked door to the secret garden

• the roses that refuse to bloom

Who is an example of a dynamic character from The Secret Garden?

• Martha Sowerby

• Dickon Sowerby

• Archibald Craven

• Mrs. Lennox

Who is an example of a major character?

• Martha Sowerby

• Dickon Sowerby

• Mrs. Lennox

• Colin Craven

Read the passage below. Which answer best identifies figurative language and explains its effect?

"She [Mrs. Craven] was a sweet, pretty thing, and he'd have walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass she wanted. Nobody thought she'd marry him, but she did, and people said she married him for his money. But she didn't - she didn't."

• "Walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass" helps the reader understand how devoted Mr. Craven was.

• "Sweet, pretty thing" helps the reader understand how surprising it was that Mrs. Craven would marry Mr. Craven.

• "But she didn't" helps the reader understands that Mrs. Craven was motivated to marry for money.

• "Sweet, pretty thing" helps the reader understand that Mrs. Craven was a kind and beautiful woman.

Read the excerpt below. What is the meaning of the figurative language "a lump as big as a pin" in the excerpt?

"There's not a single lump here!" she said at last. "There's not a lump as big as a pin - except backbone lumps, and you can only feel them because you're thin. I've got backbone lumps myself, and they used to stick out as much as yours do, until I began to get fatter, and I am not fat enough yet to hide them."

• It's invisible.

• It's hardly noticeable.

• It sticks out like a point.

• It is sharp.

How does Martha differ from the servants Mary lived with in India?

• Martha speaks plainly and expects Mary to be independent.

• Martha loves Mary, while the servants in India hated her.

• Martha is timid and quiet, while the servants in India were loud and jolly.

• Martha is afraid of Mary, while the servants in India were not.

What happens to Mary when the cholera breaks out?

• Colonel McGrew tells her to hide in the nursery until everybody gets well.

• She is forgotten in the chaos.

• Her parents send her to England.

• The servants lock her in a room by herself.