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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 word does Father Schwartz repeat when he tells Rudolph what happens when groups of people get together?
(a) Glimmering.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Glamorous.

2. How are Rudolph's eyelashes described while he sits with Father Schwartz in Chapter 5?
(a) Like spiderwebs.
(b) Like short bristles.
(c) Like sun rays.
(d) Like flower petals.

3. What is most important to Rudolph's father?
(a) His job.
(b) His friends.
(c) Church.
(d) His wife.

4. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?
(a) He must be sleepwalking.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He wants to make his family breakfast.
(d) He is thirsty.

5. What does Rudolph's father pray for at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?
(a) His health.
(b) His community.
(c) His son to be forgiven.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?

2. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?

3. How does Rudolph feel as the time for communion nears at church in Chapter 4?

4. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he must do with his life?

5. What is Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning when his father finds him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Carl Miller's Sunday morning routine as seen at the start of Chapter 3?

2. What does Carl pray for in the church pew as he kneels beside his son?

3. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz in the confessional in Chapter 4 after his altercation with his father?

4. Why is Carl upset at Rudolph when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

5. What happens to Father Schwartz at the end of the story? What does Rudolph do?

6. At the end of the story, why does Rudolph feel that God will not punish him for his lies?

7. How does Rudolph's mother behave after his altercation with his father in Chapter 3? How does Rudolph feel about his mother at this time?

8. What are the only two options Rudolph thinks he has after his father finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

9. What does Carl find Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

10. Why does Carl go to the kitchen when he was getting ready for work on Sunday morning?

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