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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) Offer to help Father Schwartz after church.
(b) Confess to Father Schwartz what he had done that morning.
(c) Tell Father Schwartz he is sick and must go home.
(d) Tell Father Schwartz he is not worthy of communion.
2. What is Rudolph's father doing when he hears footsteps in his kitchen at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Praying.
(b) Shaving.
(c) Reading.
(d) Sleeping.
3. At the end of the story, Rudolph decides that he will not be punished for his lie. Why is that?
(a) Father Schwartz does not know he lied.
(b) Rudolph did not lie on purpose.
(c) There is no God.
(d) Because he only lied to make things better in the confessional.
4. How does Rudolph feel as the time for communion nears at church in Chapter 4?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Giddy.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Anxious.
5. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Eager to get out of there.
(b) Safe from God's wrath.
(c) Anxious that his father might be listening.
(d) Annoyed that he has to be there.
6. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A clergyman.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A teacher.
7. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he must do with his life?
(a) See the world.
(b) Run away from home.
(c) Help those in need.
(d) Pray for his soul.
8. What word does Father Schwartz repeat when he tells Rudolph what happens when groups of people get together?
(a) Gloomy.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Glamorous.
(d) Glimmering.
9. What does Rudolph tell his father when they got to church, which angers him?
(a) He wishes he had a different father.
(b) Rudolph says his father is not as pious as he pretends.
(c) He says his father does not care about him.
(d) He points out that his father had lost control of his temper in the kitchen as well.
10. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) He had forgotten his morning prayers.
(b) He accidentally drank water.
(c) His father beat him.
(d) He is not sure God is real.
11. What will "blonde Northern women and tall young guys" be doing in a few hours at the end of the story?
(a) Lying underneath the moon.
(b) Talking and laughing.
(c) Drinking and dancing.
(d) Sleeping soundly.
12. 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) His father will beat him.
(b) His mother will give him extra chores.
(c) He will not be allowed to go to church.
(d) God will be angry.
13. What color are Rudolph's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.
14. 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 does not know how he got there.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) He forgot about communion.
(d) He thought it was Friday.
15. 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 tells Rudolph's mother.
(c) He walks away from him.
(d) He leaves the house and slams the door.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is most important to Rudolph's father?
2. What does Rudolph's father tells him he must do as soon as they get to church that Sunday in Chapter 3?
3. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
4. What does Rudolph think might be the worst sin he has committed in the last 12 hours after taking communion?
5. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?
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