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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the children in the garden say when Wallace left them?
(a) Have a pleasant day!
(b) Don't go!
(c) Come back to us!
(d) We'll miss you!

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

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

4. What word did Wallace use to describe the fact that he went right by the garden door the second time?
(a) Okay.
(b) Sad.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Odd.

5. What is Wallace's first name?
(a) Percy.
(b) Richard.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Henry.

6. Wallace thought it might be ____________ to tell someone about the garden.
(a) Against the rules.
(b) Fun.
(c) Smart.
(d) A relief.

7. Wallace described the boy at school who told his secret about the garden to the older boys as looking like a what?
(a) Frog.
(b) Fish.
(c) Fox.
(d) Ferret.

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

9. What special thing did Wallace see in the book in the garden?
(a) His friends.
(b) His mother.
(c) A map to the door in the wall.
(d) His future.

10. How much earlier would Wallace leave his house on the mornings he played his favorite game?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

11. Redmond believed Wallace at the time he told his story because of the ____________ in his telling.
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Details.
(c) Believabilty.
(d) Complexity.

12. What is lying on the pavement in front of the door in the wall the first time Wallace sees it?
(a) Lilac petals.
(b) Maple leaves.
(c) Chestnut leaves.
(d) Rose petals.

13. What month was it when Wallace first saw the door in the wall?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) December.

14. Wallace told his story to Redmond to defend himself against what?
(a) Unreliability.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Unfairness.
(d) Past sins.

15. What did Wallace feel while the boys were teasing him about the garden?
(a) Shame.
(b) Fear.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was on the pages of the book the woman in the garden showed Wallace?

2. What shop does Wallace recall seeing at the end of the wall with the door?

3. What did Wallace's father give him after he came home from his first trip to the garden?

4. What was taken away from Wallace after he returned home from the garden?

5. What word does Wallace use to explain the shops he saw near the door in the wall?

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