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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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?
(a) God will be angry.
(b) His father will beat him.
(c) He will not be allowed to go to church.
(d) His mother will give him extra chores.

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

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

6. 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 must be sleepwalking.
(d) He is hungry.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

14. What happens outside of Father Schwartz's at the end of the story?
(a) The ambulance arrives.
(b) Men and women pass by talking and laughing.
(c) Parishioners gather outside and pray for him.
(d) A crowd gathers to see what has happened.

15. What does Rudolph think might be the worst sin he has committed in the last 12 hours after taking communion?
(a) Being mean to an old lady.
(b) Taking communion.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Listening to immodest conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. After discussing what Rudolph might want to be when he grows up, what does Father ask the boy?

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

3. What is Rudolph's father's name?

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

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

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