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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. 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) He woke his mother who is sick.
(c) He is supposed to take communion that day.
(d) Rudolph woke him up.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?

2. What color are Rudolph's eyes?

3. What does Rudolph do at the end of the story?

4. What is Rudolph's father's name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should do after asking him what he wants to be when he grows up?

4. What does Carl pray for in the church pew as he kneels beside his son?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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