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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rudolph think might be the worst sin he has committed in the last 12 hours after taking communion?
2. How are the phrases Father Schwartz mutters to Rudolph at the end of the story described?
3. What does Rudolph's father tell him to do as soon as they get to church in Chapter 4?
4. How does Rudolph feel when Father Schwartz speaks at the end of Chapter 5?
5. What is Rudolph's father's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Carl find Rudolph doing in the kitchen on Sunday morning in Chapter 3?
2. What is Carl Miller's Sunday morning routine as seen at the start of Chapter 3?
3. How does Rudolph feel as time for communion nears? Why does he ultimately get up to take communion?
4. At the end of the story, why does Rudolph feel that God will not punish him for his lies?
5. Why does Rudolph feel safe in the room with Father Schwartz at the start of Chapter 5?
6. What does Carl pray for in the church pew as he kneels beside his son?
7. Why does Carl go to the kitchen when he was getting ready for work on Sunday morning?
8. What happens to Father Schwartz at the end of the story? What does Rudolph do?
9. What does Rudolph tell Father Schwartz in the confessional in Chapter 4 after his altercation with his father?
10. What are the only two options Rudolph thinks he has after his father finds him in the kitchen in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the use of flashbacks in "Absolution." How did this impact your reading? Was this effective of ineffective? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the use of dialogue versus the use of description. Look at how each is used in the story and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Rudolph and Father Schwartz in "Absolution." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
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