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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rudolph feel toward his mother when she tries to help after his altercation with his father in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
(a) Loving.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Thankful.
(d) Admiring.

2. Who can Father Schwartz hear pass by his window at 4 p.m.?
(a) A group of women.
(b) Nobody, the streets are eerily quiet.
(c) Ambulances.
(d) Schoolchildren.

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

4. What does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph if he has done when he first visits?
(a) He asks if he has killed someone.
(b) He asks if he has lied.
(c) He asks if he has used the Lord's name in vain.
(d) He asks if he has committed theft.

5. What does Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz about his feelings about his parents in Chapter 2?
(a) He has thought his parents were evil.
(b) He has wished his parent's dead.
(c) He has wished his parent's would split up.
(d) He has thought he might be too good to be his parent's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph's father tells him he must do as soon as they get to church that Sunday in Chapter 3?

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

3. How old is Rudolph Miller?

4. Where is Father Schwartz when Rudolph Miller comes to visit him at the start of "Absolution"?

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

(see the answer key)

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