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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 does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he asks Rudolph if he has told any lies in his confession?
(a) I can't say.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) I'm not sure.

2. Where is Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) In the confessional.
(b) At the Miller's.
(c) In his house.
(d) At the drugstore.

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

4. Who is waiting to see Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Rudolph's friend.
(b) Rudolph.
(c) Carl.
(d) Father Schwartz housekeeper.

5. What is another "easy sin" Rudolph confessed to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?
(a) He talked back to his teacher.
(b) He was mean to an old lady.
(c) He cheated on a test at school.
(d) He skipped church the week before.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Father Schwartz when Rudolph Miller comes to visit him at the start of "Absolution"?

3. What does Rudolph think will happen if he takes communion the day after he confesses to Father Schwartz in Chapter 2?

4. Why does Rudolph decide to stay and confess rather than succumbing to his urge to leave?

5. What did Rudolph confess to Father Schwartz he did in the barn with his friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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