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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 word is used to describe how Rudolph felt about telling Father Schwartz his true sins?
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Agony.
(d) Apathy.

2. What is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) He works so late he does not sleep.
(b) The noise outside his window makes it hard to read.
(c) He feels unable to obtain perfect union with God.
(d) He does not get along with his housekeeper.

3. What did Rudolph do after his father had told him to go to confession?
(a) He played with some friends.
(b) He helped his mother cook supper.
(c) He locked himself in his bedroom.
(d) He went to confession.

4. What is Rudolph's father's name?
(a) Curt.
(b) Cab.
(c) Carl.
(d) Cam.

5. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph's father?
(a) He is a clergyman.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He is a parishioner.
(d) He was his former housekeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Blatchford Sarnemington?

2. What happens outside of Father Schwartz's at the end of the story?

3. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?

4. What did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz he did in the barn with his friends?

5. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "thoughts and dreams" he has had during his confession in Chapter 2?

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