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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only sound that is heard when Father Schwartz is with Rudolph in Chapter 5?
(a) The dripping faucet.
(b) The housekeeper cooking.
(c) The ticking clock.
(d) The rain outside.

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

3. How does Rudolph feel as the time for communion nears at church in Chapter 4?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Giddy.

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

5. What does Rudolph's father tells him he must do as soon as they get to church that Sunday in Chapter 3?
(a) Donate his allowance to the church.
(b) Offer to help Father Schwartz after church.
(c) Tell Father Schwartz what a liar he is.
(d) Kneel down and beg God's forgiveness.

6. Why is Rudolph's father angry with him when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
(a) Rudolph has made a mess.
(b) He woke his mother who is sick.
(c) Rudolph woke him up.
(d) He is supposed to take communion that day.

7. What color are Rudolph's eyes?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

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

9. What does Rudolph do at the end of the story?
(a) Calls the housekeeper to help.
(b) Runs to his father for help.
(c) Runs out of Father Schwartz's study.
(d) Runs to the drugstore for medicine.

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

11. What does Rudolph do when he becomes angry with his father in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He runs out of the house and slams the door.
(b) He calls his father a fool.
(c) He throws his cup into the sink.
(d) He steps on his father's foot.

12. What does Rudolph see his father doing at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Walking to church.
(b) Yelling at his mother.
(c) Slamming his bedroom door.
(d) Sitting at the table.

13. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Anxious that his father might be listening.
(b) Safe from God's wrath.
(c) Annoyed that he has to be there.
(d) Eager to get out of there.

14. What is most important to Rudolph's father?
(a) His friends.
(b) His wife.
(c) His job.
(d) Church.

15. How does Rudolph's father react to his son's anger in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He attacks him.
(b) He leaves the house and slams the door.
(c) He tells Rudolph's mother.
(d) He walks away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph tell his father when they got to church, which angers him?

2. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?

3. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?

4. How does Rudolph feel after taking communion on Sunday in Chapter 4?

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

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