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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Father Schwartz in his study with Rudolph at the end of the story?
(a) He cries.
(b) He vomits.
(c) He collapses.
(d) He falls asleep.

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

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

4. How does Rudolph feel as the time for communion nears at church in Chapter 4?
(a) Giddy.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Indifferent.

5. How does Rudolph's father react to his son's anger in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He walks away from him.
(b) He leaves the house and slams the door.
(c) He attacks him.
(d) He tells Rudolph's mother.

6. 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) His father will beat him.
(c) He will not be allowed to go to church.
(d) God will be angry.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Rudolph's father first do when he wakes at 6 a.m. on Sunday?
(a) Make breakfast.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Pray.
(d) Take a walk.

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

13. 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) He is supposed to take communion that day.
(c) Rudolph has made a mess.
(d) Rudolph woke him up.

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

15. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?
(a) Get out of here!
(b) Find help!
(c) Oh, my God!
(d) I'm dying!

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

2. What word does Father Schwartz repeat when he tells Rudolph what happens when groups of people get together?

3. How does Rudolph feel toward his mother when she tries to help after his altercation with his father in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

4. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?

5. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

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