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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Rudolph's father tell him to do as soon as they get to church in Chapter 4?
(a) Offer to help Father Schwartz after church.
(b) Tell Father Schwartz he is not worthy of communion.
(c) Tell Father Schwartz he is sick and must go home.
(d) Confess to Father Schwartz what he had done that morning.

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

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

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

10. 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) Thankful.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Admiring.

11. 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 is hungry.
(c) He must be sleepwalking.
(d) He wants to make his family breakfast.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rudolph's father angry with him when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

2. What does Rudolph do when he becomes angry with his father in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

3. How does Rudolph's father react to his son's anger in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

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

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

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