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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. As Paul arrives at his house in Part 2, what does he feel about the one thing he had looked forward to?
(a) Deprived of it.
(b) Oblivious to it.
(c) Consumed by it.
(d) Contempt toward it.

2. What does Paul cover up in the cement with his foot?
(a) The dirt.
(b) The chips.
(c) The hollows.
(d) The cracks.

3. What letter is stenciled on the brick wall in the background?
(a) K.
(b) H.
(c) B.
(d) T.

4. How does Paul describe his street in Part 2 of the story?
(a) Empty and quiet.
(b) Empty yet loud.
(c) Busy yet quiet.
(d) Busy and noisy.

5. In Part 1, what is Miss Buell talking about as Paul remembers his secret?
(a) Land of unpredictable snow.
(b) Sea of perpetual snow.
(c) Land of perpetual snow.
(d) Sea of unpredictable snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Paul put his hand into the bark of the elm tree?

2. What does Paul call the balanced stones?

3. What does Paul notice in the gutter as he walks by it?

4. What do the postman's steps have the first time that Paul's secret appears?

5. What does the grocer's shop have in its window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is noticeably different in the tone and pace of Part 4?

2. How does Paul answer the doctor's repeated questions about his problem, and what is important about the way his mother reacts?

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

4. What is the birdhouse like, and how does Paul use it as a delay?

5. How does Paul speak to his mother in Part 4, and where does he get the words?

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

7. How does Paul describe his walk home in Part 2, and why?

8. What does Paul think happened when the dog walked through the wet cement?

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

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

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