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

2. What was the name of the schoolmate who made a joke about the girl in green from the garden?
(a) Farrel.
(b) Fawnley.
(c) Farley.
(d) Fawcett.

3. Where was Wallace heading the second time he saw the door in the wall?
(a) Park.
(b) Home.
(c) School.
(d) Girl's house.

4. How old is Wallace when he tells Redmond his story over dinner?
(a) 39.
(b) 41.
(c) 37.
(d) 29.

5. Who does Wallace walk around the garden with the first time?
(a) An old man.
(b) A little boy.
(c) A tall girl.
(d) An small woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the door in the wall?

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

3. Wallace finds the door the second time at the end of what he thought was a _____________.

4. Which one of the following people did NOT question young Wallace about his story about the garden?

5. What was the name of the most vocal of the schoolboys who were teasing Wallace about the garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Redmond's opinion of the story after he considers it in the light of morning?

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

6. When did Redmond first hear about the door in the wall?

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

8. Why does Redmond think Wallace went to the place where he died?

9. What kind of child was Wallace?

10. Where is Wallace's body found?

(see the answer keys)

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