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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 does Rudolph's father pray for at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) His wife.
(b) His community.
(c) His son to be forgiven.
(d) His health.

2. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph is worried when he comes to see him at the start of the story?
(a) His mouth is trembling.
(b) He is wringing his hands.
(c) He is pacing.
(d) He is sweating and his breathing is shallow.

3. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) In a church pew.
(b) In the confessional.
(c) At Rudolph's house.
(d) Father Schwartz's study.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?

2. What does Rudolph's father chastise him for after telling him to pour his water into the sink on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

3. How are Rudolph's eyelashes described while he sits with Father Schwartz in Chapter 5?

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

5. Who is waiting to see Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?

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