Quiz Show The Secret Garden

1. Quiz Show The Secret Garden Ga Ag Ed Curriculum Office, July 2001 To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Go to Last Slide for Directions

2. Topic1 Chapter 1 & 2 Topic2 Chapter 3 Topic3 Chapter 4 Topic4 Vocabulary Topic5 Idioms 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

3. Topic 1 for 1 Question: Why is Mary treated like a princess by her Ayah? Check Your Answer

4. Topic 1 for 1 Answer: Because Mem Sahib would be displeased by a crying child, and that would cause the native servants to lose their jobs. Back to the Game Board

5. Topic 1 for 2 Question: What is a flashback? Check Your Answer

6. Topic 1 for 2 Answer: A flashback is when the narrator takes us back in the character’s past to learn an important character fact. Back to the Game Board

7. Topic 1 for 3 Question: Who finds Mary in chapter 1 and why is he shocked? Check Your Answer

8. Topic 1 for 3 Answer: A British soldier finds Mary in her home; he is shocked because everyone in the mansion has died of Cholera or fled to the countryside. Back to the Game Board

9. Topic 1 for 4 Question: What is the explanation given for Mary’s “contrariness”? Check Your Answer

10. Topic 1 for 4 Answer: Because Mary was ignored by her mother and father, she was spoiled by her servants to keep her quiet and out of eyesight of her parents. She has never known love. Back to the Game Board

11. Topic 1 for 5 Question: What is foreshadow? Check Your Answer

12. Topic 1 for 5 Answer: Foreshadow is when the writer/narrator gives the reader a hint/clue of something that is going to happen in the near future, that will affect the plot of the story. Back to the Game Board

13. Topic 2 for 1 Question: Why does Mrs. Medlock switch to a Yorkshire accent when talking to the station-manager? Check Your Answer

14. Topic 2 for 1 Answer: Mrs. Medlock is speaking “the common” people’s language, but speaks “proper” English with Mary and staff at Misselthwaite Manor. Back to the Game Board

15. Topic 2 for 2 Question: How is the word “smart” being used to describe the carriage and the footman? Check Your Answer

16. Topic 2 for 2 Answer: smart is being used as an adjective, to describe the way they look: fancy, well dressed, opulent, rich. Back to the Game Board

17. Topic 2 for 3 Question: How does Mary feel as she is getting closer to Misselthwaite Manor? Check Your Answer

18. Topic 2 for 3 Answer: Mary is not easily scared, but there is something about the moor at night, the enormity of Misselthwaite Manor, and the idea of hundreds of empty locked rooms awaiting her that causes her to be a bit fearful of her uncle’s mansion. Back to the Game Board

19. Topic 2 for 4 Question: Why does Mary compare the moor to the sea? Check Your Answer

20. Topic 2 for 4 Answer: The way the moon shines off the rippling, tall grass; the seeming emptiness of the moor, and how Mary feels alone, as if she were lost at sea: uncertainty of her future. Back to the Game Board

21. Topic 2 for 5 Question: Why did “the figures in suits of armor” make Mary uncomfortable? Check Your Answer

22. Topic 2 for 5 Answer: The manor and its guardians, the suits of armor, seem grand and imposing. Their size scare Mary, and remind her that she is alone and small. Back to the Game Board

23. Topic 3 for 1 Question: How is Martha different from the servants that Mary had in India? Check Your Answer

24. Topic 3 for 1 Answer: Mary is afraid of abusing Martha, yelling at her or hitting her. Mary was not afraid to abuse her Ayah or the other native servants in India. Mary believes that Martha would hit her back. Back to the Game Board

25. Topic 3 for 2 Question: How does Martha feel about Mary not knowing how to dress herself or play by herself? Check Your Answer

26. Topic 3 for 2 Answer: Martha is amazed at how spoiled and helpless Mary seems. Martha tells Mary that she will have to learn to take care of herself. But Martha helps Mary get dressed, until she learns to be self-sufficient. Back to the Game Board

27. Topic 3 for 3 Question: Martha admits that she is not the average minor-maid. Why has Mrs. Medlock allowed her to serve as a maid at Misselthwaite Manor? Check Your Answer

28. Topic 3 for 3 Answer: Mrs. Medlock has great respect for Martha’s mother, and since there are hardly any visitors to the manor, Martha’s matter of fact attitude should not have been an issue; that is, until Mary came to Misselthwaite. Back to the Game Board

29. Topic 3 for 4 Question: How does Mary meeting the robin change her mood? Check Your Answer

30. Topic 3 for 4 Answer: The Red-breasted Robin is the first “person” to befriend Mary for who she is: no judgments, just acceptance. Plus, Ben Weatherstaff tells Mary that she is somehow special because the robin doesn’t befriend just anyone. Back to the Game Board

31. Topic 3 for 5 Question: Why does Mary enjoy Martha talking about her family? Check Your Answer

32. Topic 3 for 5 Answer: Mary is amazed at how much love Martha has for her family, and how much love they have for Martha. Mary is hungry for acceptance, friendship, and love. Back to the Game Board

33. Topic 4 for 1 Vocabulary Words: The ____ child would not listen to his father’s sound advice. Check Your Answer

34. Topic 4 for 1 Answer: contrary Back to the Game Board

35. Topic 4 for 2 Vocabulary Words: Her ____ expression ruined the picture. Check Your Answer

36. Topic 4 for 2 Answer: sour Back to the Game Board

37. Topic 4 for 3 Vocabulary Words: His ____ attitude caused everyone to be afraid of his bad moods and bossy behavior. Check Your Answer

38. Topic 4 for 3 Answer: tyrannical Back to the Game Board

39. Topic 4 for 4 Vocabulary Words: The boy’s ____ sneer told his mother that he would not be eating the broccoli. Check Your Answer

40. Topic 4 for 4 Answer: disdaining Back to the Game Board

41. Topic 4 for 5 Vocabulary Words: Suzie’s ____ nature caused her to not have any friends. Check Your Answer

42. Topic 4 for 5 Answer: disagreeable Back to the Game Board

43. Topic 5 for 1 Idiom: You are born in your _____. Check Your Answer

44. Topic 5 for 1 Answer: birthday suit Back to the Game Board

45. Topic 5 for 2 Idiom: Roger got into many fights. Roger had ____. Check Your Answer

46. Topic 5 for 2 Answer: chip on his shoulder Back to the Game Board

47. Topic 5 for 3 Idiom: Jesse was upset that he didn’t get more presents for his birthday. Jesse’s mother told him he should ____. Check Your Answer

48. Topic 5 for 3 Answer: count your blessings Back to the Game Board

49. Topic 5 for 4 Idiom: Shawn accused his father of taking the last piece of chicken. Shawn’s mother warned him to never talk to his father like that again. Shawn was ____. Check Your Answer

50. Topic 5 for 4 Answer: biting the hand that fed him Back to the Game Board