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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Father Schwartz when Rudolph Miller comes to visit him at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) In the library.
(b) At church.
(c) At home.
(d) At a cafe.

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

4. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?
(a) Talking and laughing.
(b) Drinking and dancing.
(c) Sleeping soundly.
(d) Lying underneath the moon.

5. When does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) Saturday, three days before the story begins.
(b) The Sunday after the story begins.
(c) Saturday, three days after the story begins.
(d) The Sunday before the story begins.

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 is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?

3. Why is Rudolph upset at the end of his confession with Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

4. What did Rudolph do after his father had told him to go to confession?

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

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