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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the doctor ask Paul to read from the book?
(a) To hold it higher than normal.
(b) To hold it lower than normal.
(c) To hold it upside down.
(d) To hold it normally.

2. What does the doctor determine about Paul's eyes?
(a) There are significant signs of eyestrain.
(b) There is no sign of eyestrain.
(c) There is a slight sign of eyestrain.
(d) He needs glasses.

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

4. What does the doctor ask Paul after he establishes their friendship?
(a) If anything worries him.
(b) If anything scares him.
(c) If he is having trouble sleeping.
(d) If he has been sleeping too much.

5. How does the snow approach the floor in the last part of the story?
(a) It flattens itself out.
(b) It makes a funnel and then descends.
(c) It streamlines toward one spot.
(d) It rushes frantically.

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

7. How does Paul describe the presence of his parents and the doctor to himself?
(a) Saddening.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Maddening.

8. At the beginning of Part 4, how is the darkness coming?
(a) In horrific waves.
(b) In short waves.
(c) In white waves.
(d) In sudden waves.

9. What does the snow encourage Paul to do as his parents and the doctor are waiting for his response?
(a) Pity them.
(b) Banish them.
(c) Listen to them.
(d) Ignore them.

10. What kind of a story does the snow want to tell Paul as Part 4 ends?
(a) A long story.
(b) A true story.
(c) A small story.
(d) An unbelievable story.

11. What kind of dance begins at the front of Paul's room?
(a) An ugly varying dance.
(b) An ugly steady dance.
(c) A beautiful varying dance.
(d) A beautiful steady dance.

12. How does Paul feel when he is rushed at by his mother?
(a) Delirious.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Confused.
(d) Ambiguous.

13. How does the snow refer to itself?
(a) It.
(b) We.
(c) He.
(d) I.

14. Over how many days does Silent Snow, Secret Snow take place?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

15. What does Paul catch a glimpse of as he ponders the doctor's question?
(a) The beads of light along the wall.
(b) The beads of light on the window pane.
(c) The beads of light in the doctor's eyes.
(d) The beads of light in his mother's eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does the snow make at the intrusion in the last part of the story?

2. What does Paul do before he answers the doctor?

3. What is the snow planning to take the place of?

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

5. What is Paul staring at while the doctor questions him?

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