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WorksheetsThe Serial Garden by Joan Aiken
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 6mins
The word vigil means...
to keep a careful watch
to keep a guard
to recover from an illness
to study for a test
Mark's sister is ____________________from the measles
dying
susceptible
convalescing
tantalizing
Something is teasing you; it's just out of reach.
chaos
aggrievedly
vigiling
tantalizing
Mrs. Pride is described as being very wan. This means she...
cheery and deligtful
is pale and sickly
overbearing and loud
an excellent sales person
If you wear gaudy clothes, you might expect people to ....
stare at the them
not see them at all
ask to meet your stylist
The word aggreivedly suggests....
someone is very happy for you
someone is very sad for you
someone has treated you badly
It suggests none of these
Many kids are very ______________ to peer pressure. They find it hard to to the right thing.
wan
vigilize
tantalize
susceptible
The word incalculable might apply to....
counting grains of sand on a beach
counting how many grapes you had at lunch
counting the people in our classroom
counting by 10's
A hungry person might __________ for food after school.
wan
vigil
forage
chaos
The main character in the story is....
Mark
Harriet
Princess Sophia
Lotta
How has Mr. Armitage locked himself in the larder?
He was trying to fix the door and it accidentally locked him in.
He was hiding from his family
He was trying to trap a rat
He was trying to trap a mouse
What is "larder"
the pantry
fat that you make pie crust with
the playroom
another name for the garden
Why does Mark buy Brekkfast Brikks in the first place?
All of these
They are very cheap
They are all that the store has
They are delicious
Mark discovers this about the garden on the back of the boxes....
He discovers the cure for measles on the back.
Nothing. It was all a dream that Mark had.
It has a cool dog inside.
It comes to life and he can go in when he sings the song on the back.
Mark continues to by Brekkfast Brikks so he can....
It's his favorite cereal
Get more pieces to the garden
He wants to share it with his parents
He needs to feed it to his dog
Mark's parents take him on a holiday because they are worried he is acting strange.
true
false
Mark wishes Harriet were around so she could....
Help him talk to the Princess.
Help him put the garden together.
Help him eat all of the cereal.
Help him convince his parents that he's fine
What is this?
A grotto.
The Princess's house
Mark's playroom
The store where Mark shops
How was this damaged?
Mark stepped on it.
Lotta chewed it
A mouse chewed it
Mrs. Armitage threw it out
True or False: Mr. Johanson and Herr Rudolf are the same person.
True
False
both
neither
