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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the carpet in Father Schwartz home bring to mind when he looks at it to avoid the sun?

2. What scent makes Father Schwartz's heart ache as he walks the streets on Saturday night?

3. How did Rudolph feel when his father told him to go to confession three days earlier?

4. When does Chapter 2 begin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Rudolph Miller? How does Father Schwartz behave when he first comes to his house in Chapter 1?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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