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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 did the boys call Wallace when they were teasing him about the garden?

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

3. Wallace said that after the older boys teased him at school he would cry at night, but by day he was ______________.

4. As a busy schoolboy, Wallace thought of the garden as a __________ place.

5. What kind of birds were there in the garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Wallace think happened as a result of telling the other boy about the garden?

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

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

6. What conflicting emotions does Wallace feel the first time he sees the door in the wall?

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

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

9. Why does Redmond think Wallace might have been a victim of coincidence?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss each of the following themes: the price of missed opportunities; the value of success; and the detriments of living with regret.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the allegorical implications of the garden and Wallace's obsessive search for the door in the wall?

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