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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) He had forgotten his morning prayers.
(b) He is not sure God is real.
(c) His father beat him.
(d) He accidentally drank water.

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

4. What word does Father Schwartz repeat when he tells Rudolph what happens when groups of people get together?
(a) Glimmering.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Glamorous.
(d) Gloomy.

5. After discussing what Rudolph might want to be when he grows up, what does Father ask the boy?
(a) If he knows how hard it is to be a clergyman.
(b) If he would like to be a father someday.
(c) If he has ever been to a party.
(d) If he is ready to go home.

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

7. How does Rudolph feel toward his mother when she tries to help after his altercation with his father in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
(a) Loving.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Thankful.
(d) Admiring.

8. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he must do with his life?
(a) Run away from home.
(b) Pray for his soul.
(c) See the world.
(d) Help those in need.

9. 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) Annoyed that he has to be there.
(c) Safe from God's wrath.
(d) Eager to get out of there.

10. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?
(a) He wants to make his family breakfast.
(b) He is thirsty.
(c) He must be sleepwalking.
(d) He is hungry.

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

12. What does Rudolph's father first do when he wakes at 6 a.m. on Sunday?
(a) Make breakfast.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Pray.
(d) Take a walk.

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

14. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) A baseball player.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A clergyman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lie does Rudolph tell his father when his father is upset after finding him in the kitchen Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

3. What does Rudolph think might be the worst sin he has committed in the last 12 hours after taking communion?

4. What does Rudolph see his father doing at the end of Chapter 3?

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

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