Answer:
1. Colin threatens to forbid Dickon from visiting the manor, and that upsets Mary the most.
2. False. The nurse is rather pleased that Colin has found his match.
3. The fear that he might grow up to be a hunchback scares Colin.
4. Mary says Dickon is like an angel.
5. Dr Craven is somewhat upset when Colin shows improvement because he didn't expect Colin to live past childhood, and he expects to inherit the manor when Colin dies.
6. Mary understands Colin"s outburts so well because she is like him, lonely and without friends.
7. True, Mary is attracted to Dickon.
8. False, Dr Craven is pleased when he hears Colin is friends with Dickon.
9. Colin says he wants to live "forever and ever and ever" in the secret garden.
10. Dickon seems to have magic powers.
11. Colin learns to walk when he enters the garden.
12. False, Dickon says its the garden, exercise and good food that heals Colin.
13. Ben Weatherstaff catches the kids in the garden.
14. Ben told Mrs Craven he will take care of her roses when she is gone.
15. Once or twice a year when his rheumatism is not bad.
16. Colin wants to surprise his father with his newfound health.
17. True, Dickon got the exercises from the local wrestling champion.
18. The kids don't want to eat even though they are hungry to keep up the appearance that they are not getting better.
19. Colin doesn't want to look at his mother's picture because it makes him angry at her for dying.
20. He eventually changes his mind because it no longer makes him sad to look at it.
21. Colin says he wants to write a book about magic.
22. False, it gives the point of view of Ben's robin.
23. Ben says magic is really
24. Dickon's mother is described as the ultimate mother.
25. The mother from #24 has 12 kids.
26. Mrs Sowerby says Colin's mother is in that very garden.
27. Colin plants roses to show that he is the owner of the garden.
28. Mr. Craven's dream and Mrs. Sowerby's letter convinces him to return home.
29. True, he likes to go on long travels to escape home.
30. False, Mr Craven is astonished to find the kids in the garden.
31. The power of positive thinking applies to this story in that
it shows if a person thinks positively they can achieve great things.
32. Their respective parents are to blame for Colin and Mary being brats.
33. The final picture of the story shows Colin and his father walking towards the manor.
Explanation:
The Secret Garden is a book about two English children who lost their parents and consequently suffered from bad upbringing, as a result of having been given their own way too often.
The book details their journey from brats to reasonably good children, and the adventures they have throughout.
