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

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

3. What does Father ask Rudolph about the kinds of thoughts he confessed to having?
(a) Why he finds them problematic.
(b) How often he has had them.
(c) If he has told anyone else about them.
(d) If he enjoys them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rudolph's father's occupation?

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

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

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

5. How does Rudolph describe to Father Schwartz the "thoughts and dreams" he has had during his confession in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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