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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. Where did Wallace sit in the garden to look at the book?

2. What kind of creatures did Wallace see upon entering the door the first time?

3. How long after having dinner with Redmond did Wallace die?

4. Wallace remembered the men and women in the garden as the __________ people.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wallace tell Redmond the door offered him, but he had rejected it three times in the last year?

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

4. What happens the second time Wallace comes upon the door in the wall?

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

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

7. Did Wallace see the garden again during his schoolboy days?

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

9. What is Wallace haunted by?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the symbolism of the somber woman in the garden, and what role does she play in Wallace's experience in the garden?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss both the external and internal conflicts presented in The Door in the Wall.

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