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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. Wallace finds the door the second time at the end of what he thought was a _____________.

2. What did Wallace's father give him after he came home from his first trip to the garden?

3. Wallace told Redmond that schoolboys have limited what?

4. Redmond later reconsiders Wallace's story as he drinks what?

5. The first feeling Wallace had when he saw the door for the second time was ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Wallace successful in his life?

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

4. What is Wallace's first thought when he sees the door in the wall for the second time?

5. What does a woman that Wallace knew once tell Redmond about him?

6. How do men like Redmond see the world?

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

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

9. What is Wallace's attitude about the garden when he is a schoolboy?

10. Who did Wallace tell about the garden, and why?

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

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 3

In the end, was Wallace betrayed by his own delusions or released from his pain?

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