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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of the boy at school who Wallace told about the garden?
(a) Spiff.
(b) Spencer.
(c) Squiff.
(d) Spooner.

2. How many times did Wallace find the door in the wall while he was a schoolboy?
(a) None.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) Several.

3. What did the world look like to Wallace after he left the garden?
(a) Dark.
(b) Grey.
(c) Kinder.
(d) Brighter.

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

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

6. Who does Wallace see musing among the laurels in the garden?
(a) A sad child.
(b) A fairy.
(c) A monkey.
(d) An old man.

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

8. How much time did Wallace have left to get where he was going when he saw the garden the second time?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

9. What was on the pages of the book the woman in the garden showed Wallace?
(a) Words.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Realities.
(d) Nothing.

10. What kind of position would Wallace likely have had if he had lived?
(a) Professor.
(b) Judge.
(c) Cabinet.
(d) Chairman.

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

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

13. What did the boys call Wallace when they were teasing him about the garden?
(a) Baby.
(b) Pansy.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Liar.

14. What record is Wallace afraid will be broken if he stops at the garden the second time?
(a) Attendance.
(b) Fastest boy.
(c) Fastest mile.
(d) Punctuality.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Wallace when he first went through the door in the wall?

3. What is lying on the pavement in front of the door in the wall the first time Wallace sees it?

4. What was the name of the school that Redmond and Wallace attended together?

5. What did Wallace pray for every night as a young child?

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