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

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

3. What does Rudolph think will happen if he takes communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) Probably nothing.
(b) He will anger his father.
(c) He will anger Father Schwartz.
(d) He will anger God.

4. Who brings Rudolph Miller to Father Schwartz when he first comes to see him at the start of the story?
(a) A fellow priest.
(b) Rudolph's father.
(c) Rudolph's mother.
(d) Father Schwartz's housekeeper.

5. Who is Blatchford Sarnemington?
(a) Rudolph's cousin.
(b) Rudolph's alter ego.
(c) Rudolph's schoolmate.
(d) Rudolph's teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Schwartz do every night?

2. How did Rudolph feel when his father told him to go to confession three days earlier?

3. Why does Father Schwartz "pray aloud for twilight to come" (1) at the start of the story?

4. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should have done about the situation in the barn?

5. Who is the author of "Absolution"?

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