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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) Fountain steps.
(b) Gazebo.
(c) Gallery.
(d) Terrace.

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

3. Wallace thought it might be ____________ to tell someone about the garden.
(a) Smart.
(b) A relief.
(c) Fun.
(d) Against the rules.

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

5. Wallace went right by the door the second time tugging on his what?
(a) Hat.
(b) Fishing pole.
(c) Watch.
(d) Schoolbag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of position would Wallace likely have had if he had lived?

2. What could Wallace never recall about his time in the garden?

3. What was the name of the bad neighborhood Wallace once got lost in?

4. Redmond believed Wallace at the time he told his story because of the ____________ in his telling.

5. What did Wallace do to try to get the boys to stop teasing him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened the last time that Wallace saw the door in the wall?

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

4. How does Wallace think the people in the garden will react when they see him?

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

6. Why does his decision to not enter the garden the second time weigh on Wallace the next day?

7. What are the disappointments in Wallace's life?

8. What is the secret that Wallace reveals to Redmond during the dinner they have together?

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

10. What does Wallace confess to Redmond that his life has become?

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