The Door in the Wall Quizzes

The Door in the Wall Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the story?
Robin

Sir Peter

Lady Maude

Brother Luke
2 In what era does the story take place?
The Great Depression

Modern times

The Middle Ages

Ancient Greece
3 What impairment has overcome Robin?
Black plague

A head injury

Disabled legs

Hay fever
4 In what setting does the opening scene take place?
Sir Peter's castle

The Welsh countryside

Robin's parents' house in London

St. Mark's monastery
5 What does the "door in the wall" best represent?
Opportunities in the face of challenges

Going on holiday

The ongoing war with the Scots

Spiritual enlightenment
6 Who mainly takes care of Robin in the absence of his parents?
John-go-in-the-Wynd

Lady Constance

Sir Peter de Lindsay

Brother Luke
7 Who attacks Sir Peter's castle?
The Druids

The Welsh

The British

The Scots
8 What virtue does Brother Matthew encourage in Robin after he drops and ruins his cross?
Quick-wittedness

Forgiveness

Intellectual sharpness

Patience
9 Where does Robin's father, Sir John, hail from?
Lindsay

Wales

Bureford

Oxford
10 Why does Dame Ellen abandon her care of Robin?
She comes down with the plague

She gets a job in Oxford

Robin's father has ordered it so

She is angry at him for throwing his porridge at her
11 What is the first object Robin whittles?
A cross

A dwarf

A doll

A boat
12 What skill does Robin ask Brother Luke to teach him?
Writing

Whittling

Boating

Horseback riding
13 Why is Brother Luke so busy during the day at the monastery?
He is cooking meals for the entire monastery

He is singing in the monastery choir

He is caring for orphans in the city

He is taking care of people at the time of the Black Death
14 Where is Robin's mother for most of the story?
In London with Dame Ellen

With the King at the Scottish wars

At the castle of Sir Peter

With the Queen, helping to take care of her
15 What is "deafening" while Robin is laying in bed?
Dame Ellen crying

The sound of children playing

The church bells

The servants yelling at each other
16 What is expected of Robin?
To learn the ways of knighthood

To become a traveling monk

To sing in the monastery choir

To care for the sick and poor
17 What does the friar tell Robin to "always remember?"
To thank his parents

To mind his manners

That there is a door in every wall

That he should not fear the Welsh army
18 What is the role of John-go-in-the-Wynd?
Warrior

Monk

Beggar

Messenger
19 Who is Robin's tutor at St. Mark's?
Brother Matthew

Brother Luke

Brother Hubert

John-go-in-the-Wynd
20 Why does Robin receive the crown of jewels at the end of the story?
Because he is sick and poor

For his excellent singing in the choir

Because he has carved his own harp

For his heroic courage of saving the castle
21 How does Robin initially react to being called "Crookshanks" by Geoffrey?
He laughs

He does not show his feelings

He yells angrily at Geoffrey

He is confused by the comment
22 "The sky above was like the garment of Our Lady" is an example of:
Metaphor

Parallelism

Alliteration

Simile
23 What does Brother Luke regularly remind others to do?
Eat

Rest

Sing

Pray
24 How does John-go-in-the-Wynd alert the shoemaker to let them inside?
He does a little jig

He plays a song on his harp

He yells his name

He howls like a wolf
25 Which of the following is a synonym for the word "abate"?
Explode

Reduce

Augment

Converse