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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wallace hold in his hand to symbolize his success to Redmond?
(a) Gold coin.
(b) Walnut.
(c) His father's watch
(d) Cherry.

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

3. Redmond believes the door in the wall offered Wallace what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Escape.

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

5. What is the hoarding on the high road that Redmond refers to in Part 4?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A sadness.
(c) A frenzied crowd.
(d) A fence.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. 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) 6 months.
(d) 1 month.

12. What did the door in the wall do to Wallace in the end?
(a) Seduce.
(b) Trick.
(c) Betray.
(d) Save.

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

14. How old was Wallace when he saw the door in the wall for the third time?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace thought his obsession with the door in the wall might be what is referred to as a feeling of __________.

2. What does Wallace tell Redmond success has become to him?

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

4. When Wallace saw the door in the wall for the third time, he was riding in what?

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

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