Question 16 (3 points) Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden.

"She [Mrs. Craven] was a sweet, pretty thing, and he'd have walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass she wanted. Nobody thought she'd marry him, but she did, and people said she married him for his money. But she didn't - she didn't."

Which answer best identifies figurative language and explains its effect?

Question 16 options:

"Sweet, pretty thing" helps the reader understand that Mrs. Craven was a kind and beautiful woman.

"Sweet, pretty thing" helps the reader understand how surprising it was that Mrs. Craven would marry Mr. Craven.

"Walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass" helps the reader understand how devoted Mr. Craven was.

"But she didn't" helps the reader understands that Mrs. Craven was motivated to marry for money.

Question 17 (3 points)
Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden.

At first each day which passed by for Mary Lennox was exactly like the others. Every morning she awoke in her tapestried room and found Martha kneeling upon the hearth building her fire; every morning she ate her breakfast in the nursery which had nothing amusing in it; and after each breakfast she gazed out of the window across to the huge moor which seemed to spread out on all sides and climb up to the sky, and after she had stared for a while she realized that if she did not go out she would have to stay in and do nothing—and so she went out.

Which answer best identifies figurative language and explains its effect in the excerpt?
Question 17 options:

The phrase “tapestried room” helps the reader understand that the walls of Mary's bedroom are beautifully decorated.

The phrase “nothing amusing in it” helps the reader understand that Mary never liked her breakfast.

The phrase “climb up to the sky” helps the reader understand that the moor appears to be infinite.

The phrase “if she did not go out she would have to stay in and do nothing” helps the reader understand the mental processes behind Mary's decisions.

Question 18 (3 points)
Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden:

The most absorbing thing, however, was the preparations to be made before Colin could be transported with sufficient secrecy to the garden... It was almost as serious and elaborately thought out as the plans of march made by great generals in time of war.

What is the meaning of the figurative language "the plans of march made by great generals in time of war"?

Question 18 options:

They need a lot of people to help them.

They must be careful and go undetected.

It is a big undertaking.

It took a great deal of strategic preparation.

Question 19 (3 points)
Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden:

“Why does it make you angry when you are looked at?” she inquired one day.

“I always hated it,” he answered, “even when I was very little. Then when they took me to the seaside and I used to lie in my carriage everybody used to stare and ladies would stop and talk to my nurse and then they would begin to whisper and I knew then they were saying I shouldn’t live to grow up. Then sometimes the ladies would pat my cheeks and say ‘Poor child!’ Once when a lady did that I screamed out loud and bit her hand. She was so frightened she ran away.”

“She thought you had gone mad like a dog,” said Mary, not at all admiringly.

“I don’t care what she thought,” said Colin, frowning.

What is the meaning of the figurative language “mad like a dog”?
Question 19 options:

having strong instincts

righteously angry

out of control

dreadfully sad

Question 20 (3 points)
Which summary about The Secret Garden includes a personal opinion?

Question 20 options:

Dickon is only "a common moor boy," but Mary considers him an angel.

Mary is surprised and delighted the first time the robin twitters at her.

Mary soon finds the key to the garden buried in the earth and unlocks the door.

The only parent worse than Mary's mother, Mrs. Lennox, is her uncle, Mr. Craven.