The Secret Garden Questions

Select two sentences that best show that the adults in the story are scared of something.

• There was something mysterious in the air that morning.

• She was grinding her teeth when she heard her mother come out on the porch with someone.

• They looked fuller of lace than ever this morning, but her eyes were not laughing at all.

• They were large and scared and lifted imploringly to the fair boy officer’s face.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Read the sentence from 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 Mem Sahib 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.

What does the word familiarly most likely mean?

• very pretty

• family

• well known

• never seen

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these best describes why the author included the information about Mary’s childhood in the passage?

• It shows she was not loved by her parents

• It shows she was the cause of all the trouble.

• It shows she was not a very lucky child.

• It shows she was unable to show emotion.

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Why is the dialogue at the end of the passage important to the plot?

• it shows why everything seems so different.

• it shows why Mary is such a bad child

• It suggests that Mary's family is moving

• It suggest that the officer will bring evil

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of these inferences about what happened to Ayah is supported by the passage?

• She deserted the family

• She no longer wanted to see Mary.

• She caught the sickness cholera.

• She was too busy to help.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Select the two sentences that should be included in a summary of the passage.

• Mary’s parents were uninterested in her, so she was cared for by servants

• Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor.

• The woman looked frightened, but she only stammered that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passion and beat and kicked her

• Outside Mary overheard her mother talking to an officer and discovered that people were becoming very sick.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence from the passage best explains what mysterious thing is happening?

• You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago

• At that very moment such a loud sound of wailing broke out from the servants’ quarters that she clutched the young man’s arm, and Mary stood shivering from head to foot.

• After that appalling things happened, and the mysteriousness of the morning was explained to Mary.

• The cholera had broken out in its most fatal form and people were becoming ill.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

. Which sentence is most likely true about Mary at the beginning of the passage?

• Mary is a loving child

• Mary is a difficult child

• Mary is always mean

• Mary is usually cheerful

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

. Choose the statement that best explains why the author begins the story with details about Mary’s childhood.

• to identify the most important people in Mary’s life

• to describe what a terrible child Mary use to be

• to suggest there is a reason why Mary is so disagreeable

• to inform the reader about the importance of family

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3