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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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) Joyful.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Heart-broken.
(d) Ordinary.

5. 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.

6. How does Rudolph's father react to his son's anger in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He attacks him.
(b) He walks away from him.
(c) He leaves the house and slams the door.
(d) He tells Rudolph's mother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?
(a) Drinking and dancing.
(b) Talking and laughing.
(c) Sleeping soundly.
(d) Lying underneath the moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Father Schwartz in his study with Rudolph at the end of the story?

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

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

5. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

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