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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 game Wallace often played as a schoolboy?
2. What did Wallace tell Redmond he had as he started his story?
3. What did the world look like to Wallace after he left the garden?
4. Redmond later reconsiders Wallace's story as he drinks what?
5. Wallace remembered the men and women in the garden as the __________ people.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Redmond discover that Wallace has died?
2. What is the deep mystery about Wallace that Redmond refers to at the end of the story?
3. What are the mixed feelings Wallace has as the older boys at school make fun of the garden?
4. What does Redmond think people may call him if he reveals what he really thinks about Wallace and the door in the wall?
5. What is Wallace's first thought when he sees the door in the wall for the second time?
6. During dinner, how does Wallace describe to Redmond that he has come to feel about the door?
7. How did the boys' teasing of Wallace take a nastier turn than just friendly ribbing?
8. What incredible sight greets Wallace the first time he enters the door in the wall?
9. What is one of the best parts of being in the garden for a lonely little boy like Wallace?
10. As a young man, what door did Wallace think was more important than the door in the wall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Wallace characterized throughout the story, both through his own interpretation and Redmond's point of view? How does this characterization color the validity of his story about the door in the wall?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss each of the following themes: the price of missed opportunities; the value of success; and the detriments of living with regret.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss what the book of realities symbolizes, both in terms of Wallace's experience in the garden and the overall theme of the story.
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