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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the colleague that Wallace was walking with on his most recent time of seeing the wall?
(a) Gurker.
(b) Ralphs.
(c) Hamelwright.
(d) Hopkins.

2. Wallace didn't stop at the door once as a young man because he had an appointment that involved his ____________.
(a) Dignity.
(b) Hopes.
(c) Debts.
(d) Honor.

3. What look does Redmond remember in Wallace's eyes the night he told his story?
(a) Somber.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Sad.
(d) Suicidal.

4. What door opened for Wallace in his late teens?
(a) The door to his past.
(b) The door to his career.
(c) The door to love.
(d) The door to his father's love.

5. What does Wallace tell Redmond is destroying him?
(a) Work.
(b) Love.
(c) Desire.
(d) Loss.

6. Redmond remembers Wallace's _______ face the last night he saw him.
(a) Handsome.
(b) Distinguished.
(c) Angry.
(d) Pallid.

7. Seeing the door in the wall for the third time gave Wallace a sense of ______________ things.
(a) Sad.
(b) Lost.
(c) Attainable.
(d) Lovely.

8. What does Wallace grieve for most in his life?
(a) His mother.
(b) The garden.
(c) The past.
(d) His father.

9. What made missing the garden the third time worthwhile to Wallace?
(a) An adventure.
(b) Great wealth.
(c) A girl's love.
(d) His father's praise.

10. How many times does Wallace see the door in the last year of his life?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

11. What was Wallace working on the night he saw the door when he was with a co-worker?
(a) The Tenant's Redemption Bill.
(b) The Tennison Account.
(c) The Tenant's Law.
(d) The Tax Code Revision.

12. At the end of the story, Redmond's mind is darkened with what?
(a) Doubts and questions.
(b) Riddles and regrets.
(c) Questions and riddles.
(d) Emptiness and pain.

13. What should Wallace have been excited to be working on lately?
(a) New political developments.
(b) His memoir.
(c) New profitable accounts.
(d) His future wedding.

14. Where was Wallace going the day he saw the door for the fourth time?
(a) Job interview.
(b) Seeing a girl.
(c) Important dinner.
(d) Scholarship interview.

15. Wallace was taking a shortcut through __________ the fourth time he saw the door.
(a) Campden Hill.
(b) East Kensington.
(c) Earl's Court.
(d) Paddington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Wallace going when he saw the door in the wall for the third time?

2. What is the name of the newspaper announcing Wallace's death?

3. Wallace compared looking for the door in the wall to what?

4. Redmond calls Wallace a man of what?

5. What is the name of Wallace's superior that he wished to have a private word with?

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