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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could Wallace never recall about his time in the garden?
(a) Games he played.
(b) The color of the flowers.
(c) The smell.
(d) The location of the door.

2. What was the name of the most vocal of the schoolboys who were teasing Wallace about the garden?
(a) Carnaby.
(b) Carnaway.
(c) Carns.
(d) Carner.

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

4. How would Redmond normally describe his friend?
(a) Kind.
(b) Reticent.
(c) Practical.
(d) Gregarious.

5. Where did Wallace sit in the garden to look at the book?
(a) Gazebo.
(b) Fountain steps.
(c) Terrace.
(d) Gallery.

6. Which one of the following people did NOT question young Wallace about his story about the garden?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Governess.
(d) Father.

7. Where did Wallace grow up?
(a) Dublin.
(b) West Kensington.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Sydney.

8. What did the man on the street poke Wallace with as he was sobbing after leaving the garden?
(a) Finger.
(b) Cane.
(c) Stick.
(d) Umbrella.

9. What feature of the girl in the garden does Wallace recall most vividly?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her chin.
(d) Her height.

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

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

12. How did Wallace describe himself as a child?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Precocious.
(c) Light-hearted.
(d) Sad.

13. What color was the door in the wall?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

14. Where was Wallace heading the second time he saw the door in the wall?
(a) Park.
(b) Girl's house.
(c) Home.
(d) School.

15. As the story opens, how long ago did Redmond have dinner and hear Wallace's story?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers line the steps that suddenly appear in the garden?

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

3. The garden made such an impression on Wallace because he was a __________ little boy.

4. What was in the grass-covered courtyard where Wallace played games in the garden?

5. How many times did Wallace find the door in the wall while he was a schoolboy?

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