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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens outside of Father Schwartz's at the end of the story?
2. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he must do with his life?
3. How are Rudolph's eyelashes described while he sits with Father Schwartz in Chapter 5?
4. What does Rudolph's father tell him to do as soon as they get to church in Chapter 4?
5. What is the only sound that is heard when Father Schwartz is with Rudolph in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Carl go to the kitchen when he was getting ready for work on Sunday morning?
2. What happens between Carl and Rudolph after Rudolph angrily tosses his cup into the kitchen sink in Chapter 3?
3. What does Carl find Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
4. How does Rudolph feel as time for communion nears? Why does he ultimately get up to take communion?
5. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz in the confessional in Chapter 4 after his altercation with his father?
6. What is Carl Miller's Sunday morning routine as seen at the start of Chapter 3?
7. What are the only two options Rudolph thinks he has after his father finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
8. What happens to Father Schwartz at the end of the story? What does Rudolph do?
9. With whom does Rudolph walk to church? What is he told he must do when he arrives?
10. How does Rudolph's mother behave after his altercation with his father in Chapter 3? How does Rudolph feel about his mother at this time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of isolation and discuss how each of the main characters feel isolated.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay examining the ending of "Absolution." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Fitzgerald's decision to tell the story in free indirect third person point of view. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
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