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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 see his father doing at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Sitting at the table.
(b) Yelling at his mother.
(c) Slamming his bedroom door.
(d) Walking to church.

2. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) At Rudolph's house.
(b) Father Schwartz's study.
(c) In the confessional.
(d) In a church pew.

3. What is Rudolph's father doing when he hears footsteps in his kitchen at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Praying.
(b) Reading.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Sleeping.

4. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Heart-broken.

5. What lie does Rudolph tell his father when his father is upset after finding him in the kitchen Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He thought it was Friday.
(b) He does not know how he got there.
(c) He is not feeling well.
(d) He forgot about communion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rudolph's father angry with him when he finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?

2. Who does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?

3. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What does Rudolph feel while in the confessional with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rudolph feel as time for communion nears? Why does he ultimately get up to take communion?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What does Father Schwartz tell Rudolph he should do after asking him what he wants to be when he grows up?

9. Why does Rudolph feel safe in the room with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

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

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