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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the snow do once Paul joins it?
(a) Make sure that no one will interfere.
(b) Make Paul forget about how white the snow is.
(c) Make sure that everyone knows about it.
(d) Make Paul remembers the sunlight again.

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

3. How does the snow rise to the ceiling of Paul's room?
(a) Like a geyser.
(b) Like a fountain.
(c) Like a gunshot.
(d) Like a rocket.

4. How do Paul's parents feel as they talk with the doctor?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Oblivious.
(d) Sad.

5. Which one of the following descriptions is used to describe a part of Paul's room in Part 4?
(a) The chattering light.
(b) The humming window.
(c) The loquacious closet.
(d) The talking door.

6. What does the cold, low humming shake as Paul closes the door?
(a) The door.
(b) The lamp.
(c) The windows.
(d) The bed.

7. What command does Paul direct toward his mother in Part 4?
(a) Look at the snow!
(b) Stay here!
(c) Stop the snow!
(d) Go away!

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

9. What does the snow ask Paul about the darkness it is creating?
(a) What does it mean to see in it?
(b) Why can't he see in it?
(c) Who cannot see in it?
(d) Who would want to see in it?

10. Where does the new stream of flakes come from in Paul's room?
(a) Underneath the bed.
(b) The window.
(c) Through the roof.
(d) The door.

11. What does Paul sense as the doctor talks with his parents in front of him?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Pity.
(d) Scrutiny.

12. What kind of tone do Paul's parents adopt with the doctor?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Rude.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Forceful.

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

14. How does Paul view the doctor's questions?
(a) Reckless.
(b) Important.
(c) Silly.
(d) Insulting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After his father indicates concern, what does Paul think of the doctor's questioning?

2. What does Paul catch a glimpse of as he ponders the doctor's question?

3. What is the snow doing as it overtakes Paul's room in the beginning of the last part?

4. What is the doctor doing with his fingers, as Paul observes?

5. How does the snow react to the door's being opened?

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