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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 long after having dinner with Redmond did Wallace die?

2. How old is Wallace when he tells Redmond his story over dinner?

3. What was in the grass-covered courtyard where Wallace played games in the garden?

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

5. Wallace told Redmond that schoolboys have limited what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wallace leave the garden the first time he visited?

2. What does Wallace feel as soon as he enters the garden behind the wall for the first time?

3. What kind of child was Wallace?

4. Where is Wallace's body found?

5. What incredible sight greets Wallace the first time he enters the door in the wall?

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

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

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

9. In the end, what does Redmond believe about the existence of the door in the wall?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Wallace's relationships with the real people in his life. Compare those relationships with how he felt about the people in the garden.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the real people in Wallace's life with the people he saw in the garden. In particular, examine Wallace's relationship with his father, girlfriends, and co-workers. Who are the counterparts to these relationships in the garden?

Essay Topic 3

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

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