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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Caring more about his hunger than his parents.
(b) Caring more about himself than his family.
(c) Not caring about anyone or anything ever.
(d) Caring more about his thirst than his religion.

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

4. 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) Admiring.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Loving.
(d) Thankful.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Rudolph's father's name?
(a) Curt.
(b) Cam.
(c) Carl.
(d) Cab.

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

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

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

14. Since he thinks his first occupation may be unrealistic, what else does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz he might be when he grows up?
(a) A singer or college professor.
(b) A policeman or army general.
(c) A musician or clergyman.
(d) An actor of Navy officer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Rudolph's eyes?

2. What does Rudolph's father tell him to do as soon as they get to church in Chapter 4?

3. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

4. What does Rudolph think will happen if he tells his father the truth about why he is in the kitchen that Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

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

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