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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the creatures in the garden playing with?
(a) A ball.
(b) A book.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A rope.

2. Wallace told his story to Redmond to defend himself against what?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Unreliability.
(c) Past sins.
(d) Unfairness.

3. For how many terms did Wallace slack in his schoolwork?
(a) Half.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Whole.

4. Which one of the following people did NOT question young Wallace about his story about the garden?
(a) Father.
(b) Governess.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Policeman.

5. What was the name of the composer's son who praised the quality of Wallace's lie?
(a) Crammer.
(b) Crenshaw.
(c) Crashaw.
(d) Cramden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace thought it might be ____________ to tell someone about the garden.

2. When did the boys gang up on Wallace to tease him about the garden?

3. What was the name of the school that Redmond and Wallace attended together?

4. What kind of birds were there in the garden?

5. What did Wallace feel while the boys were teasing him about the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wallace find his way home after his first trip to the garden?

2. What is Wallace's attitude about the garden when he is a schoolboy?

3. What does Redmond think the green door may have really been?

4. What did Wallace think happened as a result of telling the other boy about the garden?

5. Where is Wallace going when he sees the door in the wall for the third time?

6. How does Redmond remember his friend looking on the last night he saw him?

7. Why doesn't Wallace enter the door the second time?

8. As a young man, what door did Wallace think was more important than the door in the wall?

9. What does Wallace think is strange about coming across the door as he was on his way to a girl's house one day?

10. Did Wallace see the garden again during his schoolboy days?

(see the answer keys)

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