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

2. What has happened to the river as Paul crosses it on his way home?
(a) It has frozen.
(b) It has become dirty.
(c) It has dried up.
(d) It has flooded.

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

4. How old is Paul, as it is revealed in Part 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

5. What word does Paul read in large capital letters?
(a) Rosacea.
(b) Burns.
(c) Rash.
(d) Eczema.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul describe the sunlight on the roof?

2. What does Paul wonder as he looks at his house?

3. What kind of stamp does Paul's secret remind him of?

4. What does Paul look past the snow to see in answering Miss Buell's question?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the startling discovery Paul makes at the end of his walk home?

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

3. Who is Deirdre, and what does she illustrate for Paul?

4. When does the doctor's visit take place in Part 3, and why is the timing significant?

5. How does the snow describe the story it is about to tell Paul as Silent Snow, Secret Snow ends, and what does the story represent?

6. How does the way Paul feels at the end of his walk contrast with the way he did at the beginning?

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

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

9. What reasoning does the snow give to Paul for the increasing darkness?

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

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