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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rudolph's father's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Freight agent.
(c) Cleric.
(d) Housekeeper.

2. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should have done about the situation in the barn?
(a) He should have told his friends to stop talking.
(b) He should have ran straight to Father Schwartz.
(c) He should have told his parents.
(d) He should have left and urged the girl to leave too.

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

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

5. What does Rudolph think will happen if he takes communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) He will anger his father.
(b) He will anger God.
(c) Probably nothing.
(d) He will anger Father Schwartz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rudolph plan to avoid taking communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

2. What does Rudolph do while waiting to see the priest at the start of Chapter 2?

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

4. Why is Rudolph's father angry with him when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

5. At the end of the story, Rudolph decides that he will not be punished for his lie. Why is that?

(see the answer key)

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