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

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

3. Why is Rudolph upset at the end of his confession with Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) He has told a lie, which is a sin.
(b) Father Schwartz says he is going to tell his father.
(c) Father Schwartz does not seem to care.
(d) He has not tell him everything.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father Schwartz first do when Rudolph arrives at the start of the story?

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

4. Why did Rudolph's father tell him to go to confession three days before the narrative present?

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

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