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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words does Father Schwartz use when listening to Rudolph's confession?
(a) Buddy and pal.
(b) Sir and young man.
(c) Son and boy.
(d) Baby and Infant.

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

3. What concerns Rudolph at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) He worries his confession will anger the priest.
(b) He worries his father will listen to his confession.
(c) He worries someone will be able to hear his confession.
(d) He worries Father Schwartz will not be in the confessional.

4. Why does Rudolph decide to stay and confess rather than succumbing to his urge to leave?
(a) If he leaves he will not get his sins off of his chest.
(b) If he leaves he cannot take communion.
(c) If he leaves he knows his father will find out.
(d) If he leaves his mother will be angry.

5. How old is Rudolph Miller?
(a) 22.
(b) 8.
(c) 17.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Schwartz first name?

2. Who brings Rudolph Miller to Father Schwartz when he first comes to see him at the start of the story?

3. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he finally speaks?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What object in Father Schwartz's room reminds him of "gruesome labyrinths" (1)? Why does he stare at this object in the first place?

2. What did Rudolph try to force himself to do as he waited at the confessional in Chapter 2?

3. Why did Rudolph stay and confess despite his urge to leave while he waited at the confessional in Chapter 2?

4. What does Father Schwartz do on Saturdays after confession? What happens as he passes the drug store that increases his sadness?

5. What sin did Rudolph finally confess to Father Schwartz after he "exhausted the minor offenses" (6)?

6. What plan does Rudolph come up with at the end of Chapter 2 to avoid having to take communion at church the next day?

7. Who is Rudolph Miller? How does Father Schwartz behave when he first comes to his house in Chapter 1?

8. What made Rudolph uncomfortable as he sat waiting to confess at the start of Chapter 2?

9. What is Father Schwartz's mood at the start of the story? How do you know?

10. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should have done when he was in the barn with the boy and the girl?

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