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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 does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph if he has done when he first visits?
(a) He asks if he has committed theft.
(b) He asks if he has used the Lord's name in vain.
(c) He asks if he has lied.
(d) He asks if he has killed someone.

2. How did Rudolph feel when his father told him to go to confession three days earlier?
(a) He was angry.
(b) He was happy to be reminded.
(c) He was confused.
(d) He understood why his father thought it important.

3. What does Rudolph do when he becomes angry with his father in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He throws his cup into the sink.
(b) He runs out of the house and slams the door.
(c) He calls his father a fool.
(d) He steps on his father's foot.

4. Who can Father Schwartz hear pass by his window at 4 p.m.?
(a) Schoolchildren.
(b) Nobody, the streets are eerily quiet.
(c) Ambulances.
(d) A group of women.

5. What scent makes Father Schwartz's heart ache as he walks the streets on Saturday night?
(a) Baking bread.
(b) Suppers cooking in the homes he passes.
(c) The impending rain.
(d) Cheap toilet soap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph tell his father when they got to church, which angers him?

2. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph is worried when he comes to see him at the start of the story?

3. What did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz he did in the barn with his friends?

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

5. What is another "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

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