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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Deidre smile at Paul after he answers the question in class?
(a) Cleverly.
(b) Smugly.
(c) Boldly.
(d) Shyly.

2. What does Paul describe the unknown component of the snow to be?
(a) Deliciously terrifying.
(b) Deliciously satisfying.
(c) Unmistakably terrifying.
(d) Unmistakably satisfying.

3. What are the items Paul notices on his walk in comparison to the snow?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) A counterpoint.
(c) A fallacy.
(d) Threatening.

4. In Part 2, what does Paul find desirable as it relates to his parents?
(a) To disobey them.
(b) To belittle them.
(c) To be kind to them.
(d) To ignore them.

5. What does Paul contemplate about the following morning in Part 2?
(a) If the postman will knock louder than usual.
(b) If he will hear the postman.
(c) If the postman will have trouble finding his house with all the snow.
(d) If the postman will skip his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul feel at the end of Part 2?

2. What has Paul neglected about his shoes?

3. What does the rhythm of the postman's steps say when Paul's secret reveals itself?

4. What leans over the garden walls on Paul's walk home?

5. How is the cement sidewalk designed, according to Paul's description?

(see the answer key)

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