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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color are Rudolph's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Hazel.

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

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

5. 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) He will not be allowed to go to church.
(c) His father will beat him.
(d) His mother will give him extra chores.

6. What lie does Rudolph tell his father when his father is upset after finding him in the kitchen Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He forgot about communion.
(b) He does not know how he got there.
(c) He thought it was Friday.
(d) He is not feeling well.

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

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

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

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

11. What is Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning when his father finds him?
(a) Sleeping at the table.
(b) Cooking breakfast.
(c) Holding a cup of water.
(d) Eating breakfast.

12. 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.

13. What does Rudolph's mother do to try to help her son after his interaction with his father in the kitchen?
(a) She tries to put witch hazel on his wounds.
(b) She tries to talk to him about what happened.
(c) She tells Rudolph it was not his fault.
(d) She tells him it will never happen again.

14. 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 runs out of the house and slams the door.
(d) He calls his father a fool.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story, Rudolph decides that he will not be punished for his lie. Why is that?

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

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

4. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?

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

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