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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 respond to his mother and father.
(d) The inability to hear his mother and father.

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

3. What is Paul NOT doing, as his mother points out in Part 1?
(a) Listening.
(b) Walking straight.
(c) Talking.
(d) Following the rules.

4. How does Paul hear the bell ring during his secret's first appearance?
(a) Long and stinging.
(b) Abrupt and soothing.
(c) Quickly and sharply.
(d) Thinly and softly.

5. How many footsteps before the knock at the door does Paul hear on the morning of Part 1?
(a) Four or five.
(b) Three or four.
(c) One or two.
(d) Two or three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul describe the postman's knock on the door of his house?

2. How long is the class that Paul is in at the beginning of the story?

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

4. According to Paul's assumption, what does the snow make in between the houses?

5. What does Paul compare his secret to in the beginning of the story?

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