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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the snow while Paul's secret becomes more apparent?
(a) It gets brighter.
(b) It gets darker.
(c) It gets lighter.
(d) It gets heavier.

2. How is the light described as it enters Paul's room in Part 4?
(a) Strained.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Welcoming.
(d) Inviting.

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

4. What does Paul contemplate about the following morning in Part 2?
(a) If the postman will skip his house.
(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 knock louder than usual.

5. How is the life Paul used to live labeled in the ending of the story?
(a) As a far away space.
(b) As another world.
(c) As a dimly lit sanctuary.
(d) As a distant light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul imagine while looking through his window?

2. What does the snow ask Paul if he remembers?

3. How does Paul describe the presence of his parents and the doctor to himself?

4. What does the doctor ask Paul to do in the beginning of his examination?

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

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