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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cold, low humming shake as Paul closes the door?
(a) The lamp.
(b) The bed.
(c) The windows.
(d) The door.

2. How many houses does Paul discover come before his own on the street?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

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

4. Where is the birdhouse?
(a) In the apple tree.
(b) On the porch.
(c) In the cherry tree.
(d) In the yard.

5. How does the snow refer to itself?
(a) I.
(b) We.
(c) He.
(d) It.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the life Paul used to live labeled in the ending of the story?

3. What does Paul notice in the gutter as he walks by it?

4. What does Paul look past the snow to see in answering Miss Buell's question?

5. What does the snow almost do to the floor?

(see the answer key)

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