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

2. Who does Wallace walk around the garden with the first time?

3. What could Wallace never recall about his time in the garden?

4. What kind of flowers line the steps that suddenly appear in the garden?

5. Wallace described the boy at school who told his secret about the garden to the older boys as looking like a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. During dinner, how does Wallace describe to Redmond that he has come to feel about the door?

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

3. Why does Wallace think he made the right decision to NOT stop and enter the door the third time he sees it?

4. How is Wallace successful in his life?

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

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

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

8. Where is Wallace going when he sees the door in the wall for the third time?

9. What was Redmond's and Wallace's relationship like during their school days?

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

How does The Door in the Wall fit into the science fiction genre? What elements of the story in particular incorporate the science fiction genre?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the structure of The Door in the Wall in terms of setting and point of view.

Essay Topic 3

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

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