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

2. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Ever so grateful.
(b) Outright angry.
(c) Eternally bored.
(d) Wildly afraid.

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

4. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz when he first asks what he would like to be when he grows up?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) A baseball player.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A clergyman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rudolph's father pray for at church on Sunday morning in Chapter 4?

3. What does Rudolph think will happen if he tells his father the truth about why he is in the kitchen that Sunday morning in Chapter 3?

4. What does Rudolph tell his father when he asks what he is doing in the kitchen on Sunday in Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What happens between Carl and Rudolph after Rudolph angrily tosses his cup into the kitchen sink in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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