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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Redmond remembers Wallace's _______ face the last night he saw him.
(a) Distinguished.
(b) Pallid.
(c) Angry.
(d) Handsome.

2. At the end of the story, Redmond's mind is darkened with what?
(a) Emptiness and pain.
(b) Riddles and regrets.
(c) Doubts and questions.
(d) Questions and riddles.

3. What was Wallace thinking of himself when he saw the door in the wall for third time?
(a) Lost boy.
(b) Worldly scholar.
(c) Captain of industry.
(d) Man of the world.

4. What did the door in the wall do to Wallace in the end?
(a) Trick.
(b) Betray.
(c) Save.
(d) Seduce.

5. What was the name of the co-worker Wallace was with when he saw the door from the car window one night?
(a) Hankins.
(b) Hamelwright.
(c) Hotchkiss.
(d) Hopkins.

6. What made missing the garden the third time worthwhile to Wallace?
(a) Great wealth.
(b) His father's praise.
(c) A girl's love.
(d) An adventure.

7. Redmond calls Wallace a man of what?
(a) Valor.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Vision and imagination.
(d) Ineptitude and delusions.

8. What time of day is Wallace's body found?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Late afternoon.

9. What was Wallace working on the night he saw the door when he was with a co-worker?
(a) The Tax Code Revision.
(b) The Tenant's Redemption Bill.
(c) The Tenant's Law.
(d) The Tennison Account.

10. What does Wallace tell Redmond success has become to him?
(a) Sustaining.
(b) Valid.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Empty.

11. What does Wallace hold in his hand to symbolize his success to Redmond?
(a) His father's watch
(b) Cherry.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Gold coin.

12. Wallace's body was found in __________.
(a) An empty lot.
(b) The wharf.
(c) The garden.
(d) An excavation shaft.

13. As Wallace tells Redmond about seeing the door for the third time, what does he do?
(a) Stares into the fire.
(b) Cries silently.
(c) Drums his fingers.
(d) Smiles sadly.

14. Wallace walked all the way from what location on the night of his death?
(a) His house.
(b) The Senate.
(c) The bar.
(d) The House.

15. Redmond is convinced that Wallace had a what?
(a) Brain aneurysm.
(b) Profound experience.
(c) Abnormal gift.
(d) Brain tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wallace saw the door in the wall for the third time, he was riding in what?

2. Where was Wallace going the day he saw the door for the fourth time?

3. What door opened for Wallace in his late teens?

4. Where did Wallace go on scholarship?

5. How many times did Wallace see the door in the wall when he was a young man?

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