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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Wallace wish he had stopped for just a moment and waved to in the garden?
(a) The girl in green.
(b) The panthers.
(c) The woman in the robe.
(d) His playmates.

2. Wallace's body was found in __________.
(a) The wharf.
(b) An empty lot.
(c) The garden.
(d) An excavation shaft.

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

4. When Wallace saw the door in the wall for the third time, he was riding in what?
(a) A trolley.
(b) A cab.
(c) A bus.
(d) A train.

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

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

7. Wallace thought his obsession with the door in the wall might be what is referred to as a feeling of __________.
(a) Dread.
(b) Youth.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Forty.

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

9. Sometimes Redmond thought Wallace was a victim of what?
(a) Delusions.
(b) Coincidence.
(c) Crime.
(d) Sorrow.

10. For how long has Wallace been unable to focus on his work because of his preoccupation with seeing the door?
(a) 10 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

11. How many times did Wallace see the door in the wall when he was a young man?
(a) Several.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

12. What place is buzzing about Wallace's death?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The club.
(c) The bar.
(d) The House.

13. Where was Wallace going when he saw the door in the wall for the third time?
(a) Campden Hill.
(b) Paddington.
(c) Earl's Court.
(d) London.

14. What did Wallace refer to as the "common bulldog of adolescence"?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A cap.
(c) An attitude.
(d) A cigarette.

15. The dead body of Wallace is found near where?
(a) Westminster Abbey.
(b) Paddington Square.
(c) East Kensington Station.
(d) Thames River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallace grieve for most in his life?

2. What time of day is Wallace's body found?

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

4. Wallace didn't stop at the door once as a young man because he had an appointment that involved his ____________.

5. Wallace walked all the way from what location on the night of his death?

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