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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. Where did Wallace sit in the garden to look at the book?
(a) Terrace.
(b) Fountain steps.
(c) Gallery.
(d) Gazebo.

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

3. What record is Wallace afraid will be broken if he stops at the garden the second time?
(a) Attendance.
(b) Fastest boy.
(c) Fastest mile.
(d) Punctuality.

4. What did the children in the garden say when Wallace left them?
(a) Don't go!
(b) Come back to us!
(c) We'll miss you!
(d) Have a pleasant day!

5. What was on the pages of the book the woman in the garden showed Wallace?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Realities.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Words.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day after Wallace saw the door in the wall for the second time was what?

2. How many times did Wallace try to return to the door in the wall in his early years?

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

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

5. Where did Wallace grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wallace think would happen if he entered the green door as he passed it with Gurker and Ralphs?

2. How did the boys' teasing of Wallace take a nastier turn than just friendly ribbing?

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

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

5. What is Wallace haunted by?

6. How does Wallace leave the garden the first time he visited?

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

8. How is Wallace successful in his life?

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

10. What conflicting emotions does Wallace feel the first time he sees the door in the wall?

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