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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Paul neglected about his shoes?
(a) To polish them.
(b) To dust them.
(c) To tie them.
(d) To wash them.

2. What does the snow form as Paul approaches his street?
(a) A transparent mirage.
(b) A solid wall.
(c) A random mess.
(d) A constant array of color.

3. In Part 1, what is Miss Buell talking about as Paul remembers his secret?
(a) Land of perpetual snow.
(b) Sea of unpredictable snow.
(c) Land of unpredictable snow.
(d) Sea of perpetual snow.

4. What are the items Paul notices on his walk in comparison to the snow?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Threatening.
(c) A fallacy.
(d) A counterpoint.

5. How does Paul observe the elm tree and other things on his way home?
(a) With a tainted eye.
(b) With a careful eye.
(c) With a tolerant eye.
(d) With a skeptical eye.

6. What does Paul look past the snow to see in answering Miss Buell's question?
(a) The door.
(b) His textbook.
(c) The window.
(d) The blackboard.

7. What does the grocer's shop have in its window?
(a) A cardboard man.
(b) A plastic sign.
(c) A cardboard sign.
(d) A plastic man.

8. What does Paul think of the effort it takes to answer Miss Buell's question?
(a) He finds it amusing.
(b) He finds it distracting.
(c) He finds it confusing.
(d) He finds it annoying.

9. What does Miss Buell have on her desk?
(a) An apple.
(b) The homework assignments.
(c) A globe.
(d) A pen collection.

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

11. 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 cold.
(d) Peace, closeness, and warmth.

12. At what cost does Paul believe he must keep his secret?
(a) At whatever confusion it brings others.
(b) At whatever joy it brings others.
(c) At whatever pain it causes to others.
(d) At whatever embarrassment it causes to others.

13. What does Paul think the snow is in Part 2?
(a) A paralyzing beauty.
(b) A restrictive nightmare.
(c) A pointless distraction.
(d) As necessary requirement.

14. What happens to the postman's footsteps, as Paul recalls?
(a) They gradually become more distinct.
(b) They gradually become more annoying.
(c) They gradually become more indistinct.
(d) They gradually become less annoying.

15. As Paul arrives at his house in Part 2, what does he feel about the one thing he had looked forward to?
(a) Contempt toward it.
(b) Consumed by it.
(c) Oblivious to it.
(d) Deprived of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cannot compare with the snow, according to Paul?

2. What is it becoming harder to do for Paul?

3. What kind of sparrows does Paul see?

4. What causes Paul to think about his secret?

5. How is the cement sidewalk designed, according to Paul's description?

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