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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. Why does Rudolph decide to stay and confess rather than succumbing to his urge to leave?
(a) If he leaves he will not get his sins off of his chest.
(b) If he leaves his mother will be angry.
(c) If he leaves he cannot take communion.
(d) If he leaves he knows his father will find out.

2. Why does Father Schwartz "pray aloud for twilight to come" (1) at the start of the story?
(a) So he can no longer hear people pass by his window.
(b) So he can take walk alone.
(c) So he can watch the moon and stars from his back porch.
(d) So he can finally fall asleep.

3. What scent makes Father Schwartz's heart ache as he walks the streets on Saturday night?
(a) The impending rain.
(b) Baking bread.
(c) Suppers cooking in the homes he passes.
(d) Cheap toilet soap.

4. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should have done about the situation in the barn?
(a) He should have ran straight to Father Schwartz.
(b) He should have told his friends to stop talking.
(c) He should have left and urged the girl to leave too.
(d) He should have told his parents.

5. What is the first "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) He stole.
(b) He coveted his neighbors possessions.
(c) He took the Lord's name in vain.
(d) He lied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Schwartz offer to Rudolph when he will not tell him his sin?

2. What is Father Schwartz first name?

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

4. What word is used to describe how Rudolph felt about telling Father Schwartz his true sins?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Blatchford Sarnmenington? What happens when Rudolph thinks of him?

3. Why did Rudolph stay and confess despite his urge to leave while he waited at the confessional in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Rudolph try to force himself to do as he waited at the confessional in Chapter 2?

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