Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Secret Garden? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What does the line, “Where you tend a rose, my lad/A thistle cannot grow” (27.3) mean, metaphorically?
If you encourage good things to grow, there won’t be any room for bad things left.
Thistles and roses are both kinds of plants.
Roses are red, violets are blue—and there are a lot of awesome ways to end this rhyme.
You can’t know what this line of poetry means—it’s too dangerous.
Q. Who first teaches Ben Weatherstaff how to look after rose bushes?
Poison Ivy
Dickon Sowerby
Lilias Craven
Rose Bertin
Q. What does Mary ask of Archibald Craven in Chapter 12, when she wants to start working in the Secret Garden?
“You know that Secret Garden? … Yeah, it’s not so secret anymore.”
“If I start working hard outside, you could probably fire at least one of your regular gardeners and save some money.”
“Let me garden and I promise to leave you in peace.”
“Might I have a bit of earth?”
Q. Who brings Mary the first seeds that she plants in the Secret Garden?
Dickon Sowerby
Ben Weatherstaff
Martha Sowerby
Professor Pomona Sprout
Q. What does Ben Weatherstaff help Colin to do when Ben first enters the Secret Garden?
Plant some delphinium and larkspur seeds
Plant a rose bush
Clear dead wood from the flower beds
Roast chestnuts over an open fire