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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 most important to Rudolph's father?
(a) His job.
(b) His friends.
(c) Church.
(d) His wife.

2. What does Rudolph think will happen if he takes communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) He will anger his father.
(b) Probably nothing.
(c) He will anger God.
(d) He will anger Father Schwartz.

3. What concerns Rudolph at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) He worries his father will listen to his confession.
(b) He worries someone will be able to hear his confession.
(c) He worries his confession will anger the priest.
(d) He worries Father Schwartz will not be in the confessional.

4. Who is the first character introduced in "Absolution"?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) Rudolph Miller.
(c) Father Schwartz.
(d) Carl Miller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph is worried when he comes to see him at the start of the story?

2. What lie does Rudolph tell his father when his father is upset after finding him in the kitchen Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

3. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?

4. What happens to Father Schwartz in his study with Rudolph at the end of the story?

5. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?

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