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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fills the night as the author describes?
(a) A prolonged anger.
(b) A prolonged intrusion.
(c) A prolonged sibilance.
(d) A prolonged silence.

2. What does the snow almost do to the floor?
(a) Shrink it.
(b) Overwhelm it.
(c) Erase it.
(d) Clean it.

3. What is the last thing the snow says to Paul?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Awaken.
(d) Silence.

4. What does Paul do with his secret?
(a) He boasts about it to people.
(b) He lends it to people.
(c) He wears it proudly.
(d) He carries it around with him.

5. What does the rhythm of the postman's steps say when Paul's secret reveals itself?
(a) Peace, remoteness, and warmth.
(b) Peace, remoteness, and cold.
(c) Peace, closeness, and warmth.
(d) Peace, closeness, and cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul now view the bare roofs?

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

3. What kind of sparrows does Paul see?

4. What happens after Paul speaks to his mother for the final time?

5. What does Paul cover up in the cement with his foot?

(see the answer key)

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