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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wallace compared looking for the door in the wall to what?
(a) Deciphering Stonehenge.
(b) Being drunk.
(c) Being a lost child in the park.
(d) Finding a needle in a haystack.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Wallace tell Redmond success has become to him?
(a) Sustaining.
(b) Empty.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Valid.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wallace when he saw the door in the wall for the third time?

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

3. In the end, Wallace walked out of _________ into darkness.

4. At the end of the story, Redmond's mind is darkened with what?

5. What restaurant is Wallace in when he has an important conversation about his career?

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