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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 doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning when his father finds him?
(a) Holding a cup of water.
(b) Eating breakfast.
(c) Sleeping at the table.
(d) Cooking breakfast.

2. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?
(a) I'm dying!
(b) Oh, my God!
(c) Get out of here!
(d) Find help!

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

4. What does the carpet in Father Schwartz home bring to mind when he looks at it to avoid the sun?
(a) Creepy gargoyles.
(b) Gruesome labyrinths.
(c) Solemn parishioners.
(d) Dingy roads.

5. Who is the author of "Absolution"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?

2. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?

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

4. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he asks Rudolph if he has told any lies in his confession?

5. What does Rudolph's father pray for at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?

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