Secret Garden | Chapters 25-27

What does Mary suggest that she and Colin do on the first day that it is too rainy for Colin to go out in the garden?

• help in the kitchen for extra food

• explore the many rooms at Misselthwaite

• read about the proper care of a garden

• write to his father

What had Dickon added to Colin's daily routine in an effort to help him get stronger?

• exercises

• more food

• prayerss

• chants in a circle

On the rainy day when he cannot go out to the garden, what does Colin say about the change in Mary's appearance?

• she is taller and prettier

• she looks more like his mother every day

• she was always very pretty to him

• she has grown fatter and more comely

Why does Colin not mind keeping the curtain open over the picture of his mother as he begins to get well?

• he hopes her picture will bring his father to visit him

• he is no longer angry with her for leaving

• he misses her

• he feels she is happy to be with him now

What does Ben suggest that Colin do to show thanks to the garden and its magic?

• go to church

• say the Lord's prayer

• write his father

• sing the doxology

Who enters the garden while Colin, Dickon and Mary are expressing their thanks to the garden and its magic?

• Dr. Craven

• Colin's nurse

• Mrs. Sowerby

• Martha

How does Dickon's mother know that Mr. Craven is on his way home?

• he wrote to her telling her he was on his way

• she wrote to him telling him to come home

• she can sense these things

• she asked him when he left how long he would be

What sensation is Mr. Craven overcome with as he sits in a garden far away?

• sorrow

• being alive

• intense anger

• deep and abiding love

What does Colin want to write a book about?

• magic

• robins

• iphones

• gardening

How does Colin want his father to feel about him?

• proud

• fond

• scared