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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

9. What happens to Father Schwartz in his study with Rudolph at the end of the story?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He vomits.
(c) He collapses.
(d) He cries.

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) Rudolph did not lie on purpose.
(c) There is no God.
(d) Father Schwartz does not know he lied.

11. 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) Donate his allowance to the church.
(d) Kneel down and beg God's forgiveness.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Rudolph feel toward his mother when she tries to help after his altercation with his father in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

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

4. What does Rudolph's father pray for at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?

5. How does Rudolph feel after taking communion on Sunday in Chapter 4?

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