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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Redmond thought Wallace might possess an inestimable ______________.
(a) Privilege.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Fantasy.

2. What did Redmond beat Wallace at that made him focus on school again?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Logic.
(c) Debate.
(d) Science.

3. What did Wallace's father give him after he came home from his first trip to the garden?
(a) A hug.
(b) A fairytale book.
(c) A thrashing.
(d) His gold watch.

4. Where did Wallace grow up?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Manchester.
(c) West Kensington.
(d) Sydney.

5. What was the nickname of the boy at school who Wallace told about the garden?
(a) Spiff.
(b) Spencer.
(c) Spooner.
(d) Squiff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the boys call Wallace when they were teasing him about the garden?

2. What was taken away from Wallace after he returned home from the garden?

3. What record is Wallace afraid will be broken if he stops at the garden the second time?

4. The garden made such an impression on Wallace because he was a __________ little boy.

5. What did Wallace see the door as the second time he found it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the woman in the purple robe shows Wallace the book she is carrying?

2. As a young man, what door did Wallace think was more important than the door in the wall?

3. Who did Wallace tell about the garden, and why?

4. Where is Wallace's body found?

5. How do men like Redmond see the world?

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

7. What happens the second time Wallace comes upon the door in the wall?

8. What are the mixed feelings Wallace has as the older boys at school make fun of the garden?

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

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

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