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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 does Rudolph begin to think of while Father Schwartz talks to him in Chapter 5?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friends from the barn.
(c) His favorite baseball player.
(d) Blatchford Sarnemington.

2. How does Rudolph's father react to his son's anger in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
(a) He leaves the house and slams the door.
(b) He attacks him.
(c) He tells Rudolph's mother.
(d) He walks away from him.

3. What does Father Schwartz yell out in his study at the end of the story?
(a) I'm dying!
(b) Get out of here!
(c) Find help!
(d) Oh, my God!

4. What does Rudolph's father first do when he wakes at 6 a.m. on Sunday?
(a) Take a walk.
(b) Make breakfast.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Pray.

5. 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 is thirsty.
(d) He wants to make his family breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph do when he becomes angry with his father in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

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

3. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?

4. What happens to Father Schwartz in his study with Rudolph at the end of the story?

5. Where are Rudolph and Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With whom does Rudolph walk to church? What is he told he must do when he arrives?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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