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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) He works so late he does not sleep.
(b) He feels unable to obtain perfect union with God.
(c) He does not get along with his housekeeper.
(d) The noise outside his window makes it hard to read.

3. 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 left and urged the girl to leave too.
(c) He should have ran straight to Father Schwartz.
(d) He should have told his parents.

4. What does Father Schwartz first do when Rudolph arrives at the start of the story?
(a) He pretends to be busy.
(b) He tells him he should not come to his house.
(c) He prays with him.
(d) He asks him to come back later.

5. What does Father Schwartz do every night?
(a) Read.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Weep.
(d) Visit the homes of parishioners.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Rudolph Miller?

2. Where is Father Schwartz when Rudolph Miller comes to visit him at the start of "Absolution"?

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

4. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph's father?

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

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