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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings Rudolph Miller to Father Schwartz when he first comes to see him at the start of the story?
(a) Rudolph's father.
(b) Father Schwartz's housekeeper.
(c) A fellow priest.
(d) Rudolph's mother.

2. What is Rudolph's father's occupation?
(a) Housekeeper.
(b) Cleric.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Freight agent.

3. Why is Rudolph's father angry with him when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
(a) Rudolph has made a mess.
(b) He woke his mother who is sick.
(c) Rudolph woke him up.
(d) He is supposed to take communion that day.

4. What word does Father Schwartz repeat when he tells Rudolph what happens when groups of people get together?
(a) Glamorous.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Glimmering.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rudolph do at the end of the story?

3. Who is the author of "Absolution"?

4. Why does Father Schwartz "pray aloud for twilight to come" (1) at the start of the story?

5. What color are Rudolph's eyes?

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