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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As Wallace tells Redmond about seeing the door for the third time, what does he do?
(a) Smiles sadly.
(b) Stares into the fire.
(c) Cries silently.
(d) Drums his fingers.

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

5. Redmond is convinced that Wallace had a what?
(a) Brain tumor.
(b) Profound experience.
(c) Abnormal gift.
(d) Brain aneurysm.

6. At the dinner, Wallace tells Redmond his soul is full of what?
(a) Regret.
(b) Despair.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Hope.

7. How close was Wallace to the door in the wall the last time he saw it?
(a) Four inches.
(b) 20 inches.
(c) Three feet.
(d) Several yards.

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

9. Wallace had been dining in _______________ when he and a co-worker were called back to work.
(a) Brentwood.
(b) East Kensington.
(c) Westminster.
(d) Paddington.

10. Wallace felt that his career merited what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Determination.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Wealth.

11. Wallace walked all the way from what location on the night of his death?
(a) The House.
(b) The bar.
(c) His house.
(d) The Senate.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Wallace see the door in the last year of his life?

2. What look does Redmond remember in Wallace's eyes the night he told his story?

3. What is the name of the colleague that Wallace was walking with on his most recent time of seeing the wall?

4. Redmond remembers Wallace's _______ face the last night he saw him.

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

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