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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 scent makes Father Schwartz's heart ache as he walks the streets on Saturday night?
(a) The impending rain.
(b) Baking bread.
(c) Suppers cooking in the homes he passes.
(d) Cheap toilet soap.

2. What does Rudolph's mother do to try to help her son after his interaction with his father in the kitchen?
(a) She tells him it will never happen again.
(b) She tells Rudolph it was not his fault.
(c) She tries to put witch hazel on his wounds.
(d) She tries to talk to him about what happened.

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

4. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Eternally bored.
(b) Outright angry.
(c) Wildly afraid.
(d) Ever so grateful.

5. How does Rudolph plan to avoid taking communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) He will go to the bathroom.
(b) He will drink water in the morning.
(c) He will skip church.
(d) He will pretend to be sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

3. Who can Father Schwartz hear pass by his window at 4 p.m.?

4. What did Rudolph do after his father had told him to go to confession?

5. What is the first "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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