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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. As a busy schoolboy, Wallace thought of the garden as a __________ place.
(a) Frightening.
(b) Jolly.
(c) Sad.
(d) Imaginery.

2. What was the name of the game Wallace often played as a schoolboy?
(a) North-West Passage.
(b) Wild Wild West.
(c) North Star.
(d) South by Southwest.

3. Who raised Wallace?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) A governess.

4. Wallace described the boy at school who told his secret about the garden to the older boys as looking like a what?
(a) Fox.
(b) Fish.
(c) Frog.
(d) Ferret.

5. What is lying on the pavement in front of the door in the wall the first time Wallace sees it?
(a) Chestnut leaves.
(b) Maple leaves.
(c) Lilac petals.
(d) Rose petals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wallace holding as he tells his story to Redmond?

2. What was on the pages of the book the woman in the garden showed Wallace?

3. How old is Wallace when he tells Redmond his story over dinner?

4. What could Wallace never recall about his time in the garden?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes for Wallace at school after he tries to find the door with the older boys?

2. What makes Redmond believe Wallace's story when he first hears it?

3. What is one of the best parts of being in the garden for a lonely little boy like Wallace?

4. What does Wallace tell Redmond the door offered him, but he had rejected it three times in the last year?

5. Where is Wallace's body found?

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

7. How does Redmond compare his school career to Wallace's?

8. What does Redmond think people may call him if he reveals what he really thinks about Wallace and the door in the wall?

9. In the end, what does Redmond believe about the existence of the door in the wall?

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

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