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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Redmond calls Wallace a man of what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Ineptitude and delusions.
(c) Vision and imagination.
(d) Valor.

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

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

9. What restaurant is Wallace in when he has an important conversation about his career?
(a) Milton's.
(b) Frobisher's.
(c) Foster's.
(d) Morton's.

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

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

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

13. How many times was Wallace in love?
(a) Many.
(b) Two.
(c) Never.
(d) Once.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Wallace go on scholarship?

2. What is the hoarding on the high road that Redmond refers to in Part 4?

3. What does Wallace tell Redmond is destroying him?

4. How close was Wallace to the door in the wall the last time he saw it?

5. Where was Wallace going the day he saw the door for the fourth time?

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