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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling did the people in the garden convey to Wallace?

2. What is Wallace's first name?

3. What did the world look like to Wallace after he left the garden?

4. How old was Wallace when he forgot about the garden for a time?

5. What word did Wallace use to describe the fact that he went right by the garden door the second time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the woman in the purple robe shows Wallace the book she is carrying?

2. What does Wallace feel as soon as he enters the garden behind the wall for the first time?

3. How does Wallace demonstrate to Redmond what his success means to him?

4. What is Wallace haunted by?

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

7. What role has the door in the wall played in Wallace's career?

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

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

10. What does Wallace think is strange about coming across the door as he was on his way to a girl's house one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Redmond mean when he says that Wallace is "the possessor of an inestimable privilege or the victim of a fantastic dream"?

Essay Topic 2

How did Wallace first come across the door in the wall? Discuss in detail the circumstances of the subsequent times he found the door and why he never entered the garden again.

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall tone of the story? Is the tone consistent throughout the story?

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