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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Paul's mood at the end of Part 3?
(a) He is troubled.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is angry.

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

5. How is Paul's mother's attempt to help him described?
(a) An unacceptable act of malice.
(b) An irrational act of judgment.
(c) An act of anger and hate.
(d) An act of violent betrayal.

6. In what way does the light fall into the front of Paul's room?
(a) Brutally.
(b) Evenly.
(c) Smoothly.
(d) Forcefully.

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

8. How are the doctor's eyelids as he questions Paul?
(a) Wide open.
(b) High.
(c) Closed.
(d) Low.

9. How does the snow tell Paul to prepare for what is coming?
(a) By closing his eyes.
(b) By talking repeatedly.
(c) By keeping his eyes open.
(d) By running around in circles.

10. What does the doctor ask Paul to do in the beginning of his examination?
(a) Take a deep breath.
(b) Read an eye chart.
(c) Say ah.
(d) Recite the alphabet.

11. Where does Paul think the snow's voice is coming from?
(a) The corner by the back window.
(b) The hallway.
(c) The stairway.
(d) The corner by the front window.

12. What does the snow ask Paul if he remembers?
(a) The reason for his anger.
(b) The story it promised him.
(c) The number of times the postman knocked.
(d) The number of steps that the postman took.

13. What does Paul assume that his parents would think about him if they discovered the snow?
(a) Untrue things about him.
(b) True things about him.
(c) Crazy things about him.
(d) Sad things about him.

14. How does the snow advance into Paul's room?
(a) With long white arms.
(b) With long transparent arms.
(c) With short white arms.
(d) With short transparent arms.

15. As Paul notices in Part 3, what color is the chair?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor observe about Paul toward the end of his questioning?

2. What does the snow encourage Paul to do as his parents and the doctor are waiting for his response?

3. What fills the night as the author describes?

4. What are the minds of his parents bound to, according to Paul?

5. What does Paul sense as the doctor talks with his parents in front of him?

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