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

2. What is Rudolph's emotional state while he sits with Father Schwartz at the start of the story?
(a) He is carefree.
(b) He is calm.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is in tears.

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

4. Who is the first character introduced in "Absolution"?
(a) Rudolph Miller.
(b) Father Schwartz.
(c) Carl Miller.
(d) The housekeeper.

5. What did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz he did in the barn with his friends?
(a) Smoke cigarettes with his friends.
(b) Listened to his friends say immodest things.
(c) Plan to steal from their neighbor.
(d) Spied on the neighbors doing immodest things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

2. What is the first "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

3. What concerns Rudolph at the start of Chapter 2?

4. Why did Rudolph's father tell him to go to confession three days before the narrative present?

5. What does Father Schwartz ask Rudolph if he has done when he first visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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