• The children had to do some___ before they could secretly take Colin into the garden.

    A. work

    B. planning

   C. thinking

• Who was the head gardener a Misselthwaite?

   A. Mr. O'Tool

   B. Ben Weatherstaff

   C. Mr. Roach

• The head gardener said that Dickon would be at home in Buckingham Palace or at the bottom of a__.

   A. a coal mine.  

   B. a pit.

   C. None of the above.

• How did Mary know that Colin was thinking?

   A. He fidgeted.

   B. He closed his eyes.

   C. His eyes got big.

• Colin__ as he was pushed into the garden.

   A. leaned back against the cushions

   B. closed his eyes

   C. All of the above.