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

2. What is the only sound that is heard when Father Schwartz is with Rudolph in Chapter 5?
(a) The ticking clock.
(b) The dripping faucet.
(c) The housekeeper cooking.
(d) The rain outside.

3. 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 wishes he had a different father.
(c) He points out that his father had lost control of his temper in the kitchen as well.
(d) He says his father does not care about him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After discussing what Rudolph might want to be when he grows up, what does Father ask the boy?

2. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?

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

4. What does Rudolph see his father doing at the end of Chapter 3?

5. How does Rudolph feel as the time for communion nears at church in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carl go to the kitchen when he was getting ready for work on Sunday morning?

2. What is Carl Miller's Sunday morning routine as seen at the start of Chapter 3?

3. With whom does Rudolph walk to church? What is he told he must do when he arrives?

4. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz in the confessional in Chapter 4 after his altercation with his father?

5. What are the only two options Rudolph thinks he has after his father finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

6. What happens between Carl and Rudolph after Rudolph angrily tosses his cup into the kitchen sink in Chapter 3?

7. What happens to Father Schwartz at the end of the story? What does Rudolph do?

8. Why is Carl upset at Rudolph when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

9. How does Rudolph feel as time for communion nears? Why does he ultimately get up to take communion?

10. At the end of the story, why does Rudolph feel that God will not punish him for his lies?

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