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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rudolph do while waiting to see the priest at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) He talks with the other parishioners.
(b) He draws inappropriate pictures.
(c) He stands near the confessional and eavesdrops.
(d) He tries to make himself look remorseful.

2. What is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) He works so late he does not sleep.
(b) He does not get along with his housekeeper.
(c) The noise outside his window makes it hard to read.
(d) He feels unable to obtain perfect union with God.

3. What does Father ask Rudolph about the kinds of thoughts he confessed to having?
(a) If he has told anyone else about them.
(b) If he enjoys them.
(c) How often he has had them.
(d) Why he finds them problematic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?

2. What is Father Schwartz first name?

3. How old is Rudolph Miller?

4. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "phrases" he had used during his confession in Chapter 2?

5. What did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz he did in the barn with his friends?

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