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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Wallace think would be very angry if he went through the door in the wall the first time?
(a) His governess.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His grandmother.

2. Who does Wallace walk around the garden with the first time?
(a) A tall girl.
(b) An small woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A little boy.

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

4. How many boys teased Wallace about the garden?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

5. How many times did Wallace try to return to the door in the wall in his early years?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) None.

6. What did Wallace pray for every night as a young child?
(a) To take his father to the garden.
(b) To dream of the garden.
(c) A friend.
(d) A mother.

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

8. What did the garden feel like to Wallace from the first moment?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Homecoming.
(d) Party.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What was the name of the bad neighborhood Wallace once got lost in?
(a) Capstone Garden.
(b) Carson Center.
(c) Campden Hill.
(d) Camden Yard.

13. Wallace went right by the door the second time tugging on his what?
(a) Fishing pole.
(b) Watch.
(c) Hat.
(d) Schoolbag.

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

15. What was the name of the game Wallace often played as a schoolboy?
(a) North-West Passage.
(b) North Star.
(c) South by Southwest.
(d) Wild Wild West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before entering the door in the wall for the first time, which of the following did Wallace NOT see in the shop windows?

2. How old was Wallace when he forgot about the garden for a time?

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

4. What was the name of the most vocal of the schoolboys who were teasing Wallace about the garden?

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

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