Unit 2: Secrets Review (The Secret Garden)

Why does Mary spend her early life in India rather than in England?

• She doesn't have a close relationship with her uncle, Mr. Craven.

• It is too cold in England for Mary.

• At the time, India was a British colony.

• Because the cholera has not yet come to India.

Read the 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.

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

• 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.

Read the passage:

She was playing by herself under a tree, just as she had been playing the day the cholera broke out. She was making heaps of earth and paths for a garden and Basil came and stood near to watch her. Presently he got rather interested and suddenly made a suggestion.

Which future event does this passage foreshadow?

• Mary will no longer want to play by herself.

• Mary will learn to garden.

• Mary will yell at Basil.

• Basil will make a suggestion.

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

• Martha Sowerby

• Dickon Sowerby

• Colin Craven

• Mrs. Lennox

Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden.

"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."

Which answer best identifies figurative language and explains its effect?

• "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 from The Secret Garden:

The most absorbing thing, however, was the preparations to be made before Colin could be transported with sufficient secrecy to the garden... It was almost as serious and elaborately thought out as the plans of march made by great generals in time of war.

What is the meaning of the figurative language "the plans of march made by great generals in time of war"?

• It is a big undertaking.

• They must be careful and go undetected.

• It took a great deal of strategic preparation.

• They need a lot of people to help them.

Review the conflict and resolution.

When Mary first arrives in Misselthwaite, she flies into a rage at her housemaid, Martha, calling her a "daughter of a pig." The conflict resolves when Mary bursts into tears and Martha comforts her.

How does this conflict and resolution develop the plot of the story?

• Martha tells Mary about her brother Dickon to make her feel better.

• Mary receives care and love for the first time in her life and begins to respond to it.

• Martha learns to become properly frightened of Mary and beings to serve her in the manner Mary is used to.

• After Mary stops crying, Martha helps her get dressed.

Review the plot event from The Secret Garden.

When Mary arrives in Misseltwaite, Martha is astounded that Mary is so dependent and spoiled that she cannot even dress herself.

Which plot element does this event represent?

• rising action

• turning point

• climax

• falling action

Read the passage.

She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the dark faces of her Ayah and the other native servants, and as they always obeyed her and gave her her own way in everything, because the Memsahib would be angry if she was disturbed by her crying, by the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived.

Which word best describes the overall tone of this passage?

• sad

• disapproving

• spooky

• bored

The first time Dickon leaves the secret garden, he leaves Mary a picture of a missel thrush.

What is Dickon's motivation in leaving Mary this picture?

• He wants to remind her to move slowly and softly around the birds and animals in the garden.

• He wants to remind her to that he will be at work in the garden before the birds wake up in the morning.

• He wants to remind her that her secret is safe with him.

• He wants to remind her that she will be as cozy in the garden as a bird is in its nest.