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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace went right by the door the second time tugging on his what?

2. What month was it when Wallace first saw the door in the wall?

3. What was the occupation of Wallace's father?

4. Redmond thought Wallace might possess an inestimable ______________.

5. Who does Wallace walk around the garden with the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wallace tell Redmond the door offered him, but he had rejected it three times in the last year?

2. What happens when the woman in the purple robe shows Wallace the book she is carrying?

3. How do men like Redmond see the world?

4. Who did Wallace tell about the garden, and why?

5. What makes Redmond believe Wallace's story when he first hears it?

6. What is one of the best parts of being in the garden for a lonely little boy like Wallace?

7. Did Wallace see the garden again during his schoolboy days?

8. As a young man, what door did Wallace think was more important than the door in the wall?

9. What was the strange gift that Redmond thought Wallace possessed?

10. Why does Wallace think he made the right decision to NOT stop and enter the door the third time he sees it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Redmond mean when he says that Wallace is "the possessor of an inestimable privilege or the victim of a fantastic dream"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the structure of The Door in the Wall in terms of setting and point of view.

Essay Topic 3

What are the allegorical implications of the garden and Wallace's obsessive search for the door in the wall?

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