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

2. Why does Rudolph decide to stay and confess rather than succumbing to his urge to leave?
(a) If he leaves his mother will be angry.
(b) If he leaves he cannot take communion.
(c) If he leaves he will not get his sins off of his chest.
(d) If he leaves he knows his father will find out.

3. What does Father ask Rudolph about the kinds of thoughts he confessed to having?
(a) How often he has had them.
(b) Why he finds them problematic.
(c) If he enjoys them.
(d) If he has told anyone else about them.

4. Where is Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) In his house.
(b) In the confessional.
(c) At the drugstore.
(d) At the Miller's.

5. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "thoughts and dreams" he has had during his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) Fantastical.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Immodest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Schwartz do every night?

2. What does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph if he has done when he first visits?

3. What does Father Schwartz offer to Rudolph when he will not tell him his sin?

4. What concerns Rudolph at the start of Chapter 2?

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

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