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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 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.

2. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) He is not sure God is real.
(b) His father beat him.
(c) He accidentally drank water.
(d) He had forgotten his morning prayers.

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

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

5. 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 him it will never happen again.
(d) She tells Rudolph it was not his fault.

6. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Annoyed that he has to be there.
(b) Anxious that his father might be listening.
(c) Eager to get out of there.
(d) Safe from God's wrath.

7. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?
(a) He must be sleepwalking.
(b) He is thirsty.
(c) He wants to make his family breakfast.
(d) He is hungry.

8. What is Rudolph's father's name?
(a) Cab.
(b) Carl.
(c) Curt.
(d) Cam.

9. 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 not worthy of communion.
(b) Confess to Father Schwartz what he had done that morning.
(c) Offer to help Father Schwartz after church.
(d) Tell Father Schwartz he is sick and must go home.

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

11. 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 tells Rudolph's mother.
(d) He leaves the house and slams the door.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Rudolph's eyes?

2. What does Rudolph's father first do when he wakes at 6 a.m. on Sunday?

3. Who does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?

4. 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?

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

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