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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?
(a) Heart-broken.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Joyful.

2. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?
(a) A clergyman.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A baseball player.

3. What lie does Rudolph tell his father when his father is upset after finding him in the kitchen Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He thought it was Friday.
(b) He forgot about communion.
(c) He is not feeling well.
(d) He does not know how he got there.

4. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Anxious that his father might be listening.
(b) Safe from God's wrath.
(c) Eager to get out of there.
(d) Annoyed that he has to be there.

5. What color are Rudolph's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Blue.

6. What is most important to Rudolph's father?
(a) Church.
(b) His friends.
(c) His wife.
(d) His job.

7. What does Rudolph do at the end of the story?
(a) Calls the housekeeper to help.
(b) Runs to the drugstore for medicine.
(c) Runs out of Father Schwartz's study.
(d) Runs to his father for help.

8. What is Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning when his father finds him?
(a) Sleeping at the table.
(b) Cooking breakfast.
(c) Eating breakfast.
(d) Holding a cup of water.

9. What does Rudolph see his father doing at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Yelling at his mother.
(b) Slamming his bedroom door.
(c) Walking to church.
(d) Sitting at the table.

10. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) He is not sure God is real.
(b) He had forgotten his morning prayers.
(c) He accidentally drank water.
(d) His father beat him.

11. What is Rudolph's father doing when he hears footsteps in his kitchen at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Shaving.
(b) Praying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Reading.

12. What does Rudolph's father tells him he must do as soon as they get to church that Sunday in Chapter 3?
(a) Tell Father Schwartz what a liar he is.
(b) Offer to help Father Schwartz after church.
(c) Donate his allowance to the church.
(d) Kneel down and beg God's forgiveness.

13. What does Rudolph's father pray for at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) His community.
(b) His wife.
(c) His health.
(d) His son to be forgiven.

14. Why is Rudolph's father angry with him when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
(a) Rudolph has made a mess.
(b) Rudolph woke him up.
(c) He is supposed to take communion that day.
(d) He woke his mother who is sick.

15. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?
(a) Sleeping soundly.
(b) Talking and laughing.
(c) Lying underneath the moon.
(d) Drinking and dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph's mother do to try to help her son after his interaction with his father in the kitchen?

2. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?

3. At the end of the story, Rudolph decides that he will not be punished for his lie. Why is that?

4. What does Rudolph think will happen if he tells his father the truth about why he is in the kitchen that Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

5. What does Rudolph do when he becomes angry with his father in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

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