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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should Wallace have been excited to be working on lately?

2. Where was Wallace going the day he saw the door for the fourth time?

3. Redmond says some will read his story and think him to be what?

4. How close was Wallace to the door in the wall the last time he saw it?

5. What time of day is Wallace's body found?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Redmond's motives for telling Wallace's incredible story concerning the door in the wall? Do these motives make him a reliable or unreliable narrator? Does Redmond tell the story to honor his friend or to mock him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the young girl and the playmates Wallace finds in the garden. What do they represent that is missing from Wallace's life?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what conclusions Redmond comes to about the existence of the door in the wall by the end of the story.

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