HMH - The Secret Garden

When something is mysterious, it is _________________________.

• Easy to understand

• Not fully understood or explainable

• Reasonable

• Covering something so that it's hard to see something

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Fill in the blank: The ______________ twisted and wrapped around the other plants and onto the gates.

• Mysterious

• Ropes

• Coverings

• Tendrils

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Fill in the blank: At sunrise I begin ________________.

• Awakening

• Sleeping

• Watching TV

• Studying

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What does it mean for fur or hair to be matted?

• It is a dull shade of black.

• It is a tangled mess.

• It is smooth and combed.

• It is shaved.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Fill in the blank: The Secret Garden PG 119, "...gray or brown branches and sprays looked like a sort of hazy mantle... where they had fallen from their _______________ and run along the ground."

• Nails

• Leaves

• Fastenings

• Tendrils

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

How does the introduction help the reader understand the story?

• It explains why the gardener is Mary's best friend

• It presents the problem that Mary is trying to solve.

• It establishes that Mary feels out of place in her new home.

• It compares Mary’s life in another country with her life now.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Mary is just learning how to skip rope. How does she address this challenge?

• She stops skipping for the day when she becomes too overheated and tired.

• She finds that she can skip well naturally and doesn’t need to practice.

• She skips only when someone is there watching and encouraging her.

• She sets goals and tries to skip farther and farther each time.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

One of the characters that helps Mary in the story is not human. What is this character?

• A bird

• A vine

• A Statue

• A Fountain

The story says that the heavy cover of ivy over the garden door was a “swinging curtain.” This is an example of what figure of speech?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The story takes place both inside and outside the secret garden. How do these two settings compare?

• The garden is mysterious. The outside is familiar.

• The garden is dangerous. The outside is safe.

• The garden is bright. The outside is dreary.

• The garden is warm. The outside is cold.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3