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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) Words.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Realities.

2. What color was the door in the wall?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

3. What kind of creature hopped onto Wallace's shoulder as he toured the garden for the first time?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Parrot.

4. What was the overwhelming and unfamiliar feeling Wallace experienced in the garden?
(a) Peace.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Forgiveness.

5. How much time did Wallace have left to get where he was going when he saw the garden the second time?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Wallace feel while the boys were teasing him about the garden?

3. How would Redmond normally describe his friend?

4. What was the color of the robe worn by the somber woman in the garden?

5. What was the real name of the boy at school who Wallace told about the garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the strange gift that Redmond thought Wallace possessed?

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

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

7. As a young man, what door did Wallace think was more important than the door in the wall?

8. What does Wallace feel from the people in the garden?

9. 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?

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

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