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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Schwartz offer to Rudolph when he will not tell him his sin?
(a) He offers to visit confession.
(b) He asks if he wants to stay for dinner.
(c) He offers him a cup of tea.
(d) He offers to have his father come over so they can all talk.

2. What scent makes Father Schwartz's heart ache as he walks the streets on Saturday night?
(a) Suppers cooking in the homes he passes.
(b) The impending rain.
(c) Cheap toilet soap.
(d) Baking bread.

3. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should have done about the situation in the barn?
(a) He should have ran straight to Father Schwartz.
(b) He should have told his friends to stop talking.
(c) He should have told his parents.
(d) He should have left and urged the girl to leave too.

4. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) In a church pew.
(b) At Rudolph's house.
(c) Father Schwartz's study.
(d) In the confessional.

5. What words does Father Schwartz use when listening to Rudolph's confession?
(a) Baby and Infant.
(b) Sir and young man.
(c) Son and boy.
(d) Buddy and pal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?

2. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?

3. Who is the author of "Absolution"?

4. What is Father Schwartz first name?

5. What does Rudolph's father first do when he wakes at 6 a.m. on Sunday?

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