Secret Garden Ch. 16-18

Which reasons does Colin give for being angry that Mary doesn't visit him?

• He wants to see Dickon.

• He is going to die.

• He is all by himself.

• He doesn't want his supper.

How does Mary stop Colin's tantrum?

• She sings him a soft song she learned in India.

• She tells him stories about the secret garden.

• She cries, and he feels so ashamed that he stops his tantrum.

• She scolds him angrily.

Which discovery is made by Mary, Colin, and the nurse?

• Colin cannot control his temper when he is having hysterics.

• Colin cannot sit up without help.

• Colin does not have a lump on his back.

• Colin's muscles are very weak.

What new secret does Colin have at the end of Chapter 18?

• Dickon's pets are named Captain, Soot, Nut, Shell, and Jump.

• People think that he is going to die.

• Dickon will come to visit him.

• Mary found the secret garden.

In Chapter 18, Mary begins to speak in the Yorkshire dialect and tries to mimic some of Dickon's other ways.

Why does she do this?

• She hopes to talk to the animals like Dickon seems to.

• She is pretending that she lives with the Sowerbys.

• She is making fun of Dickon.

• She wants to fit in.