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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the mud like in the delta?
(a) Circular.
(b) Triangular.
(c) Heart-shaped.
(d) Fan-shaped.

3. In Part 2, what does Paul find desirable as it relates to his parents?
(a) To be kind to them.
(b) To disobey them.
(c) To belittle them.
(d) To ignore them.

4. How does Paul feel about his mother as Part 1 ends?
(a) He feels sorry for her.
(b) He feels resentment toward her.
(c) He feels contempt for her.
(d) He feels closer to her than before.

5. What does Paul wonder as he looks at his house?
(a) If he is starting to hallucinate.
(b) If he is becoming paranoid.
(c) If he has ever seen the snow.
(d) If he has ever left his room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many posts are at the gateway Paul encounters?

2. What does Paul call the balanced stones?

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

4. When did Paul's secret start?

5. How does Paul describe the postman's knock on the door of his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Paul's secret first introduced?

2. What does Paul's mother symbolize at the end of the story?

3. How does Paul view his mother's concern at his disturbing behavior toward the end of Part 3?

4. How does Part 3 end, and what is the new sound that Paul hears?

5. What is interesting about the way Paul views the doctor and his parents, and how he chooses to acknowledge them?

6. What does Paul's mother tell him at the end of Part 1, and how is his response significant?

7. How does the author display Paul's intelligence level?

8. What does Paul think will happen if he tells people about his secret?

9. What does Paul begin to wonder about as he stands in front of his house?

10. How does Paul describe the sidewalk?

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