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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. How much earlier would Wallace leave his house on the mornings he played his favorite game?
2. What kind of creature hopped onto Wallace's shoulder as he toured the garden for the first time?
3. What did the man on the street poke Wallace with as he was sobbing after leaving the garden?
4. For how many terms did Wallace slack in his schoolwork?
5. What shop does Wallace recall seeing at the end of the wall with the door?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one of the best parts of being in the garden for a lonely little boy like Wallace?
2. What does Wallace feel from the people in the garden?
3. In the end, what does Redmond believe about the existence of the door in the wall?
4. Why does his decision to not enter the garden the second time weigh on Wallace the next day?
5. Why does Redmond think Wallace went to the place where he died?
6. How does Wallace demonstrate to Redmond what his success means to him?
7. How does Redmond compare his school career to Wallace's?
8. What does Wallace tell Redmond the door offered him, but he had rejected it three times in the last year?
9. What does a woman that Wallace knew once tell Redmond about him?
10. During dinner, how does Wallace describe to Redmond that he has come to feel about the door?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss what the book of realities symbolizes, both in terms of Wallace's experience in the garden and the overall theme of the story.
Essay Topic 2
What are Redmond's motives for telling Wallace's incredible story concerning the door in the wall? Do these motives make him a reliable or unreliable narrator? Does Redmond tell the story to honor his friend or to mock him?
Essay Topic 3
How does The Door in the Wall fit into the science fiction genre? What elements of the story in particular incorporate the science fiction genre?
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