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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul imagine was NOT recorded as the dog walked through the wet cement?

2. What was Paul doing when his secret appeared for the first time?

3. What do the postman's steps have the first time that Paul's secret appears?

4. According to what Paul reads, how is Mrs. Amelia D. Cravath cured of her illness?

5. What does Paul describe the unknown component of the snow to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor have Paul do to test his eyes, and what is the result?

2. What is the startling discovery Paul makes at the end of his walk home?

3. How does Paul's street appear, according to his description in Part 2?

4. What is it that leads Paul to believe his secret is snow?

5. What does Paul think will happen if he tells people about his secret?

6. How does the snow describe the story it is about to tell Paul as Silent Snow, Secret Snow ends, and what does the story represent?

7. How is Silent Snow, Secret Snow's ending similar to its beginning, and why does the story end the way it does?

8. How does the author display Paul's intelligence level?

9. How is the origin of the secret revealed in Part 1?

10. What does Paul's mother observe in Paul, and why is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the time and setting of Paul's examination significant? Describe the way the room is set up, according to Paul, what each part of it represents for him and how it contributes to his overall attitude and opinion of the examination itself. Also, explain why Paul is distracted and what his mind is focused on that causes him to wonder about each moment as it passes.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1 begins with an allusion to a secret that is not identified.

1) Describe how the secret is first introduced, the analogies Paul uses to present it, and the effect it has on his life in general.

2) Explain why the author does not reveal what the secret is immediately. What is the purpose behind giving its features and showing the results of it first? How does learning about the secret's effect on Paul before knowing its identity add to its impact?

Essay Topic 3

In Silent Snow, Secret Snow, Paul is the main character, but the snow in his mind takes over and moves to the forefront.

1) Explain five reasons why Paul is the central character in the story, using all four parts as a reference.

2) Explain five reasons why the snow is the central character in the story, using all four parts as a reference.

3) Which character do you think is the central focus of the story? Why?

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