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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 Paul feel about his mother as Part 1 ends?
(a) He feels resentment toward her.
(b) He feels closer to her than before.
(c) He feels contempt for her.
(d) He feels sorry for her.

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

3. What word does Paul read in large capital letters?
(a) Rosacea.
(b) Eczema.
(c) Rash.
(d) Burns.

4. How does Paul remember hearing the postman that morning?
(a) Strangely quiet in the rain.
(b) Barely audible at the second house before his.
(c) Barely audible at the house before his.
(d) Strangely loud in the snow.

5. What kind of swelling does the cat have on its cheek?
(a) A curious one.
(b) A familiar one.
(c) A sickly one.
(d) A healthy one.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Paul, as it is revealed in Part 2?

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

3. What is Paul deliberately delaying on the way home from school?

4. What does Paul state that his secret gives him?

5. What is Paul listening for the postman to do when his secret appears?

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