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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Buell have on her desk?
(a) The homework assignments.
(b) A pen collection.
(c) A globe.
(d) An apple.

2. What has happened to the river as Paul crosses it on his way home?
(a) It has dried up.
(b) It has become dirty.
(c) It has flooded.
(d) It has frozen.

3. What does Paul look past the snow to see in answering Miss Buell's question?
(a) His textbook.
(b) The window.
(c) The blackboard.
(d) The door.

4. What letter is stenciled on the brick wall in the background?
(a) H.
(b) B.
(c) K.
(d) T.

5. What does Paul view his secret as?
(a) A sense of direction.
(b) A sense of education.
(c) A sense of possession.
(d) A sense of humor.

6. What does Paul imagine while looking through his window?
(a) That he can see his bedroom wall.
(b) That he can see himself.
(c) That he can see his father.
(d) That he can see his mother.

7. What does Paul call the balanced stones?
(a) A perpetual wonder.
(b) A perpetual horror.
(c) A sign of strength.
(d) A sign of weakness.

8. How does Paul describe the postman's knock on the door of his house?
(a) Insignificant.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Disappointing.
(d) Tremendous.

9. What happens to the snow while Paul's secret becomes more apparent?
(a) It gets lighter.
(b) It gets darker.
(c) It gets heavier.
(d) It gets brighter.

10. According to Paul's assumption, what does the snow make in between the houses?
(a) Little triangles.
(b) Little rectangles.
(c) Little squares.
(d) Little circles.

11. What causes Paul to think about his secret?
(a) The first hour.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The sky.
(d) The first morning.

12. What is the most distressing feature of Paul's secret?
(a) The conflict between him and his mother and father.
(b) The embarrassment of his mother and father.
(c) The inability to hear his mother and father.
(d) The inability to respond to his mother and father.

13. What cannot compare with the snow, according to Paul?
(a) A play.
(b) An epic poem.
(c) A great novel.
(d) A fairy tale.

14. What is Paul deliberately delaying on the way home from school?
(a) The pleasure of seeing his own street.
(b) The pain of seeing his street.
(c) The pain of seeing no snow on his roof.
(d) The pleasure of talking to the postman about snow.

15. What do the postman's steps have the first time that Paul's secret appears?
(a) A familiar sound.
(b) A new secrecy.
(c) A new frequency.
(d) A familiar reassurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul remember hearing the postman that morning?

2. As Paul remembers, how many times does his mother ask him to pass the plate at the luncheon table?

3. What happens to the postman's footsteps, as Paul recalls?

4. How many times does the postman knock on each door?

5. What does Paul imagine the snow on the street to be?

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