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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 was the name of the schoolmate who made a joke about the girl in green from the garden?

2. Who raised Wallace?

3. What month was it when Wallace first saw the door in the wall?

4. What record is Wallace afraid will be broken if he stops at the garden the second time?

5. When did the boys gang up on Wallace to tease him about the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of child was Wallace?

2. How does Wallace think the people in the garden will react when they see him?

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

4. What changes for Wallace at school after he tries to find the door with the older boys?

5. How does Redmond remember his friend looking on the last night he saw him?

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

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

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

9. How does Redmond compare his school career to Wallace's?

10. In the end, what does Redmond believe about the existence of 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

Discuss the effect the garden began to have on Wallace's life at a young age. What is the irony in the effect that his enchanted garden had on him?

Essay Topic 3

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

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