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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the colleague that Wallace was walking with on his most recent time of seeing the wall?
(a) Hamelwright.
(b) Gurker.
(c) Ralphs.
(d) Hopkins.

2. What look does Redmond remember in Wallace's eyes the night he told his story?
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Sad.
(c) Somber.
(d) Sullen.

3. At the dinner, Wallace tells Redmond his soul is full of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Regret.
(c) Despair.
(d) Sorrow.

4. Wallace didn't stop at the door once as a young man because he had an appointment that involved his ____________.
(a) Honor.
(b) Hopes.
(c) Debts.
(d) Dignity.

5. In the end, Wallace walked out of _________ into darkness.
(a) Life.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Light.
(d) Security.

6. Who did Wallace wish he had stopped for just a moment and waved to in the garden?
(a) His playmates.
(b) The woman in the robe.
(c) The girl in green.
(d) The panthers.

7. How old was Wallace when he saw the door in the wall for the third time?
(a) 24.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

8. Seeing the door in the wall for the third time gave Wallace a sense of ______________ things.
(a) Lost.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Sad.
(d) Attainable.

9. What is the hoarding on the high road that Redmond refers to in Part 4?
(a) A fence.
(b) A sadness.
(c) A frenzied crowd.
(d) A ghost.

10. What does Wallace grieve for most in his life?
(a) His father.
(b) The garden.
(c) The past.
(d) His mother.

11. What was Wallace thinking of himself when he saw the door in the wall for third time?
(a) Man of the world.
(b) Captain of industry.
(c) Lost boy.
(d) Worldly scholar.

12. What does Wallace hold in his hand to symbolize his success to Redmond?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Gold coin.
(c) Cherry.
(d) His father's watch

13. Redmond believes the door in the wall offered Wallace what?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Escape.
(d) Freedom.

14. Redmond is convinced that Wallace had a what?
(a) Brain aneurysm.
(b) Abnormal gift.
(c) Profound experience.
(d) Brain tumor.

15. What did Wallace refer to as the "common bulldog of adolescence"?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) An attitude.
(c) A cap.
(d) A pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the newspaper announcing Wallace's death?

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

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

4. What was Wallace working on the night he saw the door when he was with a co-worker?

5. Wallace thought his obsession with the door in the wall might be what is referred to as a feeling of __________.

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