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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does the postman knock on each door?
(a) Three times.
(b) Once.
(c) Four times.
(d) Twice.

2. What does Paul's mother tell him might need to be done?
(a) He might have to have a tutor.
(b) He might have to do extra chores.
(c) He might have to go to summer school.
(d) He might have to see a doctor.

3. What color is the hydrant with the painted chain on it that Paul sees?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

4. What leans over the garden walls on Paul's walk home?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bushes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Squirrels.

5. What do the postman's steps have the first time that Paul's secret appears?
(a) A familiar reassurance.
(b) A familiar sound.
(c) A new secrecy.
(d) A new frequency.

6. What is Paul thinking of as the other students answer Miss Buell's questions?
(a) The jungles.
(b) The arctic regions.
(c) The tropic regions.
(d) The rain forests.

7. 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.

8. What kind of twigs are in the delta?
(a) Lost.
(b) Short.
(c) New.
(d) Long.

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

10. How does Deidre smile at Paul after he answers the question in class?
(a) Boldly.
(b) Cleverly.
(c) Shyly.
(d) Smugly.

11. What does Paul describe the unknown component of the snow to be?
(a) Unmistakably satisfying.
(b) Deliciously terrifying.
(c) Deliciously satisfying.
(d) Unmistakably terrifying.

12. What letter is stenciled on the brick wall in the background?
(a) B.
(b) T.
(c) K.
(d) H.

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

14. How many posts are at the gateway Paul encounters?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

15. What was Paul doing when his secret appeared for the first time?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Waking up.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Eating breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul imagine was NOT recorded as the dog walked through the wet cement?

2. How does Paul describe the way his shoes walk on the pavement?

3. What kind of a life does Paul think he is leading?

4. How does Paul hear the bell ring during his secret's first appearance?

5. Where does Silent Snow, Secret Snow take place?

(see the answer keys)

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