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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers line the steps that suddenly appear in the garden?
(a) Lillies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Chrysanthemums.
(d) Delphiniums.

2. What was the nickname of the boy at school who Wallace told about the garden?
(a) Spencer.
(b) Spooner.
(c) Spiff.
(d) Squiff.

3. What did the world look like to Wallace after he left the garden?
(a) Dark.
(b) Brighter.
(c) Grey.
(d) Kinder.

4. Wallace remembered the men and women in the garden as the __________ people.
(a) Kind warm.
(b) Beautiful strange.
(c) Sad.
(d) Lonely.

5. What were the creatures in the garden playing with?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A rope.
(c) A ball.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Wallace see musing among the laurels in the garden?

2. What did Wallace feel the first time he saw the door in the wall?

3. Wallace thought it might be ____________ to tell someone about the garden.

4. What was the name of the bad neighborhood Wallace once got lost in?

5. What did one of the older schoolboys physically do to Wallace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wallace find his way home after his first trip to the garden?

2. What does Wallace think is strange about coming across the door as he was on his way to a girl's house one day?

3. How does Redmond discover that Wallace has died?

4. What happens the second time Wallace comes upon the door in the wall?

5. What is Wallace's attitude about the garden when he is a schoolboy?

6. How did the boys' teasing of Wallace take a nastier turn than just friendly ribbing?

7. What did Wallace think happened as a result of telling the other boy about the garden?

8. How does Redmond compare his school career to Wallace's?

9. What was Redmond's and Wallace's relationship like during their school days?

10. Why doesn't Wallace enter the door the second time?

(see the answer keys)

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