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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Rudolph feel when his father told him to go to confession three days earlier?
(a) He was confused.
(b) He was happy to be reminded.
(c) He understood why his father thought it important.
(d) He was angry.

2. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "thoughts and dreams" he has had during his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) Fantastical.
(b) Immodest.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Foolish.

3. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph's father?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) He is a parishioner.
(c) He is a clergyman.
(d) He was his former housekeeper.

4. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he finally speaks?
(a) His mother has run away.
(b) He is worried about his father.
(c) He has committed a horrible sin.
(d) He wants to be a pastor.

5. What is something that saddens Father Schwartz at the start of "Absolution"?
(a) He works so late he does not sleep.
(b) The noise outside his window makes it hard to read.
(c) He feels unable to obtain perfect union with God.
(d) He does not get along with his housekeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rudolph do after his father had told him to go to confession?

2. What does Rudolph do while waiting to see the priest at the start of Chapter 2?

3. What did Rudolph neglect to tell Father Schwartz about what had happened with his friends in the barn?

4. What is Rudolph's emotional state while he sits with Father Schwartz at the start of the story?

5. What does Father Schwartz first do when Rudolph arrives at the start of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Rudolph come up with at the end of Chapter 2 to avoid having to take communion at church the next day?

2. What sin did Rudolph finally confess to Father Schwartz after he "exhausted the minor offenses" (6)?

3. What words does Father Schwartz use when addressing Rudolph in the confessional in Chapter 2?

4. What "easy sins" did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

5. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should have done when he was in the barn with the boy and the girl?

6. What made Rudolph uncomfortable as he sat waiting to confess at the start of Chapter 2?

7. Why did Rudolph's father tell him he had to go to confession three days before Rudolph came to see Father Schwartz in his home? Did Rudolph obey his father?

8. What questions does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph when he says he has committed a terrible sin?

9. What is Father Schwartz's mood at the start of the story? How do you know?

10. What does Father Schwartz do on Saturdays after confession? What happens as he passes the drug store that increases his sadness?

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