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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 throws his cup into the sink.
(c) He calls his father a fool.
(d) He steps on his father's foot.

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

3. Who does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?
(a) His mother.
(b) His favorite baseball player.
(c) His friends from the barn.
(d) Blatchford Sarnemington.

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

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

6. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Heart-broken.

7. 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 flower petals.
(d) Like spiderwebs.

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

9. What does Rudolph tell his father when they got to church, which angers him?
(a) He wishes he had a different father.
(b) He says his father does not care about him.
(c) He points out that his father had lost control of his temper in the kitchen as well.
(d) Rudolph says his father is not as pious as he pretends.

10. How does Rudolph feel after taking communion on Sunday in Chapter 4?
(a) He wishes he had told his father the truth.
(b) He is happy that all is going as planned.
(c) Like he has committed a mortal sin.
(d) He feels that since nothing bad happened, all will be okay.

11. 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 housekeeper cooking.
(d) The dripping faucet.

12. 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) Tell Father Schwartz what a liar he is.
(c) Kneel down and beg God's forgiveness.
(d) Offer to help Father Schwartz after church.

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

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

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

2. How does Rudolph feel as the time for communion nears at church in Chapter 4?

3. What is most important to Rudolph's father?

4. What is Rudolph's father doing when he hears footsteps in his kitchen at the start of Chapter 3?

5. What is Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning when his father finds him?

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