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

2. What word does Paul use to depict the walk home in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Pointless.
(b) Timeless.
(c) Lengthy.
(d) Brief.

3. What is the most distressing feature of Paul's secret?
(a) The embarrassment of his mother and father.
(b) The inability to respond to his mother and father.
(c) The conflict between him and his mother and father.
(d) The inability to hear his mother and father.

4. What word does Paul use to describe the progress of his secret?
(a) Rapid.
(b) Delicious.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Fulfilling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of twigs are in the delta?

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

3. What does Paul notice about his window as he stands underneath it in Part 2?

4. What does Paul's mother get for him to help with his new vagueness?

5. What does Paul imagine while looking through his window?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the doctor attempt to earn Paul's trust and cooperation?

2. What does the snow do for the first time in Part 3, and what does this represent?

3. How is Silent Snow, Secret Snow's ending similar to its beginning, and why does the story end the way it does?

4. How does Paul describe his shoes and the steps he is taking?

5. How is the origin of the secret revealed in Part 1?

6. How does Paul feel about his parents in Part 1 in relation to his secret?

7. What does Paul surprisingly say at the end of his examination, and why does it cause everyone to become silent?

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

9. How does Paul feel during the doctor's questioning, and what does he compare himself to?

10. What is it that leads Paul to believe his secret is snow?

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