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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) The Sunday after the story begins.
(b) The Sunday before the story begins.
(c) Saturday, three days after the story begins.
(d) Saturday, three days before the story begins.

2. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?
(a) I'm dying!
(b) Get out of here!
(c) Oh, my God!
(d) Find help!

3. Where is Father Schwartz when Rudolph Miller comes to visit him at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) In the library.
(b) At church.
(c) At home.
(d) At a cafe.

4. What is Rudolph's father doing when he hears footsteps in his kitchen at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Praying.
(d) Shaving.

5. At the end of the story, Rudolph decides that he will not be punished for his lie. Why is that?
(a) Because he only lied to make things better in the confessional.
(b) Rudolph did not lie on purpose.
(c) There is no God.
(d) Father Schwartz does not know he lied.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rudolph upset at the end of his confession with Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

2. What does Rudolph think will happen if he takes communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

3. What does Rudolph's father first do when he wakes at 6 a.m. on Sunday?

4. After discussing what Rudolph might want to be when he grows up, what does Father ask the boy?

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

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