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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. Who can Father Schwartz hear pass by his window at 4 p.m.?
(a) Schoolchildren.
(b) Ambulances.
(c) Nobody, the streets are eerily quiet.
(d) A group of women.

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

3. What does Rudolph do while waiting to see the priest at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) He talks with the other parishioners.
(b) He stands near the confessional and eavesdrops.
(c) He draws inappropriate pictures.
(d) He tries to make himself look remorseful.

4. What words does Father Schwartz use when listening to Rudolph's confession?
(a) Sir and young man.
(b) Baby and Infant.
(c) Son and boy.
(d) Buddy and pal.

5. How old is Rudolph Miller?
(a) 17.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Schwartz know Rudolph is worried when he comes to see him at the start of the story?

2. Who is Blatchford Sarnemington?

3. Why is Rudolph upset at the end of his confession with Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

4. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "phrases" he had used during his confession in Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What object in Father Schwartz's room reminds him of "gruesome labyrinths" (1)? Why does he stare at this object in the first place?

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

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

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

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

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