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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 shop does Wallace recall seeing at the end of the wall with the door?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Grocery.
(c) Dress.
(d) Pastry.

2. How many times did Wallace try to return to the door in the wall in his early years?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) None.
(d) Hundreds.

3. What kind of creatures did Wallace see upon entering the door the first time?
(a) Panthers.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Leopards.
(d) Dogs.

4. Redmond believed Wallace at the time he told his story because of the ____________ in his telling.
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Believabilty.
(c) Details.
(d) Complexity.

5. What was the occupation of Wallace's father?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Politician.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Wallace think would be very angry if he went through the door in the wall the first time?

2. Where did Wallace sit in the garden to look at the book?

3. As a busy schoolboy, Wallace thought of the garden as a __________ place.

4. What was taken away from Wallace after he returned home from the garden?

5. What kind of creature hopped onto Wallace's shoulder as he toured the garden for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Wallace's first thought when he sees the door in the wall for the second time?

3. Why did Wallace cry himself to sleep many nights as a schoolboy?

4. What does Wallace do to try to silence the boys who are teasing him?

5. How does the door in the wall betray Wallace in the end?

6. What does Wallace recall seeing in the shop windows as he struggled to ignore his desire to enter the door in the wall the first time?

7. What are the mixed feelings Wallace has as the older boys at school make fun of the garden?

8. During dinner, how does Wallace describe to Redmond that he has come to feel about the door?

9. Who did Wallace tell about the garden, and why?

10. How do men like Redmond see the world?

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