1.) Read the passage
Suddenly a clear rippling little sound broke out near her and she turned around. She was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree, and the robin have flown on to one of its branches and had burst out into a scrap of a song. Ben Weatherstaff laughed outright.
"What did he do that for?" asked Mary.
"He's made up his mind to make friends with thee," Replied Ben.
"Dang me if he hasn't took a fancy to thee."
"To me?" said Mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly looked up.
Which is the best evidence that Mary is beginning to change?
She was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree.
"What did he do that for?" asked Mary.
She turned around.
She moved toward the little tree softly.
2.) Consider this passage from The Secret Garden
"I'm lonely," she said.
She had not known before that this was one of the things which made her feet sour and cross. She seemed to find it out when the robin looked at her and she looked at the robin.
Which theme from the novel is apparent in this passage?
Curiosity is a natural part of childhood.
Secrets can have unintended consequences.
It is important to be open about your feelings.
Everyone needs human companionship.
3.) Read the passage.
Her hair was like curly silk and she had a delicate little nose which seemed to be disdaining things, and she had large laughing eyes. All her clothes were thin and floating, and Mary said they were "full of lace." They looked fuller of lace than ever this morning, but her eyes were not laughing. They were large and scared and lifted imploringly to the fair boy officer's face.
"Is it so very bad? Oh, is it?" Mary heard her say.
"Awfully," the young man answered in a trembling voice. "Awfully, Mrs. Lennox. You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago."
The Memsahib wrung her hands.
Which detail best supports the idea that Mrs. Lennox is worried?
Her hair is like curly silk.
She ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago.
The Memsahib wrung her hands.
All her clothes were thin and floating.