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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rudolph decide to stay and confess rather than succumbing to his urge to leave?
(a) If he leaves he will not get his sins off of his chest.
(b) If he leaves he cannot take communion.
(c) If he leaves his mother will be angry.
(d) If he leaves he knows his father will find out.

2. What does Rudolph think might be the worst sin he has committed in the last 12 hours after taking communion?
(a) Being mean to an old lady.
(b) Taking communion.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Listening to immodest conversation.

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

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

5. How are Rudolph's eyelashes described while he sits with Father Schwartz in Chapter 5?
(a) Like sun rays.
(b) Like short bristles.
(c) Like spiderwebs.
(d) Like flower petals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?

2. Who is Blatchford Sarnemington?

3. Who does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?

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

5. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?

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