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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rudolph tell his father when they got to church, which angers him?
(a) Rudolph says his father is not as pious as he pretends.
(b) He points out that his father had lost control of his temper in the kitchen as well.
(c) He says his father does not care about him.
(d) He wishes he had a different father.

2. What is Rudolph's father's name?
(a) Cab.
(b) Cam.
(c) Carl.
(d) Curt.

3. At the end of the story, Rudolph decides that he will not be punished for his lie. Why is that?
(a) Rudolph did not lie on purpose.
(b) Because he only lied to make things better in the confessional.
(c) There is no God.
(d) Father Schwartz does not know he lied.

4. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?
(a) He must be sleepwalking.
(b) He is thirsty.
(c) He wants to make his family breakfast.
(d) He is hungry.

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

6. 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 does not know how he got there.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) He thought it was Friday.
(d) He forgot about communion.

7. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Eternally bored.
(b) Wildly afraid.
(c) Outright angry.
(d) Ever so grateful.

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

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

10. After discussing what Rudolph might want to be when he grows up, what does Father ask the boy?
(a) If he would like to be a father someday.
(b) If he has ever been to a party.
(c) If he knows how hard it is to be a clergyman.
(d) If he is ready to go home.

11. Who does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?
(a) His favorite baseball player.
(b) His mother.
(c) Blatchford Sarnemington.
(d) His friends from the barn.

12. 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?
(a) His mother will give him extra chores.
(b) God will be angry.
(c) He will not be allowed to go to church.
(d) His father will beat him.

13. What word does Father Schwartz repeat when he tells Rudolph what happens when groups of people get together?
(a) Glamorous.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Glimmering.
(d) Gratitude.

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

15. What does Rudolph's father chastise him for after telling him to pour his water into the sink on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) Caring more about his thirst than his religion.
(b) Caring more about himself than his family.
(c) Not caring about anyone or anything ever.
(d) Caring more about his hunger than his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph's father tell him to do as soon as they get to church in Chapter 4?

2. How does Rudolph's father react to his son's anger in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

3. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?

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

5. What is the only sound that is heard when Father Schwartz is with Rudolph in Chapter 5?

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