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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the end, Wallace walked out of _________ into darkness.
(a) Light.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Life.
(d) Security.

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

6. Which of the following occasions did Wallace NOT see the door in the wall?
(a) On the way to a scholarship interview.
(b) On the way to his wedding.
(c) On the way to his father's deathbed.
(d) On the way to a girl's house.

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

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

9. What was Wallace thinking of himself when he saw the door in the wall for third time?
(a) Lost boy.
(b) Captain of industry.
(c) Worldly scholar.
(d) Man of the world.

10. Where did Wallace go on scholarship?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Sorbonne.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Harvard.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of Wallace's superior that he wished to have a private word with?
(a) Hopkins.
(b) Hotchkiss.
(c) Ralphs.
(d) Gurker.

15. What was the name of the co-worker Wallace was with when he saw the door from the car window one night?
(a) Hamelwright.
(b) Hopkins.
(c) Hankins.
(d) Hotchkiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What door opened for Wallace in his late teens?

2. What place is buzzing about Wallace's death?

3. Seeing the door in the wall for the third time gave Wallace a sense of ______________ things.

4. At the dinner, Wallace tells Redmond his soul is full of what?

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

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