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

2. What did Wallace do to try to get the boys to stop teasing him?
(a) Took them to the garden.
(b) Hit them.
(c) Told his father.
(d) Told a teacher.

3. Redmond thought Wallace might possess an inestimable ______________.
(a) Insanity.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Fantasy.

4. What kind of birds were there in the garden?
(a) Finches.
(b) Doves.
(c) Cockatoos.
(d) Eagles.

5. Redmond later reconsiders Wallace's story as he drinks what?
(a) Bloody Mary.
(b) Wine.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the story opens, how long ago did Redmond have dinner and hear Wallace's story?

2. How much time did Wallace have left to get where he was going when he saw the garden the second time?

3. Who does Wallace see musing among the laurels in the garden?

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

5. How would Redmond normally describe his friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the deep mystery about Wallace that Redmond refers to at the end of the story?

2. Why is Wallace punished after he tells his father about the garden?

3. What was Redmond's and Wallace's relationship like during their school days?

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

5. Why does Wallace think he made the right decision to NOT stop and enter the door the third time he sees it?

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

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

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

9. What incredible sight greets Wallace the first time he enters the door in the wall?

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

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