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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wallace refer to as the "common bulldog of adolescence"?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) An attitude.
(d) A cap.

2. Wallace said that after the older boys teased him at school he would cry at night, but by day he was ______________.
(a) Hiding.
(b) Searching.
(c) Woolgathering.
(d) Mourning.

3. What shop does Wallace recall seeing at the end of the wall with the door?
(a) Pastry.
(b) Dress.
(c) Grocery.
(d) Plumber.

4. The schoolmates made Wallace sit through ____________ for lying.
(a) A truth circle.
(b) A beating.
(c) Council.
(d) Torture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Wallace see the door in the last year of his life?

2. Who did Wallace think would be very angry if he went through the door in the wall the first time?

3. Wallace described the boy at school who told his secret about the garden to the older boys as looking like a what?

4. For how long has Wallace been unable to focus on his work because of his preoccupation with seeing the door?

5. How many times did Wallace try to return to the door in the wall in his early years?

(see the answer key)

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