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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Flynn say about shooting from the free throw line?
(a) The boys should avoid it.
(b) It's psychological.
(c) It's easy.
(d) Only the best players can do it.

2. Where does Scene 4 take place?
(a) In the garden.
(b) On the front lawn of the school.
(c) In the gym.
(d) In Sister Aloysius' office.

3. In Father Flynn's sermon on doubt, what did he say binds people together?
(a) God.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Joy.

4. How does Sister Aloysius react to Father Flynn's reason for meeting privately with Donald Muller?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She thinks he is lying.
(d) She is relieved.

5. Who tripped over the broken branch?
(a) Father Flynn.
(b) Sister Veronica.
(c) Sister Aloysius.
(d) Sister James.

6. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn say some of the boys have?
(a) Dirty uniforms.
(b) Dirty fingernails.
(c) Dirty shoes.
(d) Dirty hair.

7. What does Sister Aloysius say it is important for children to have?
(a) A fierce moral guardian.
(b) Plenty of free time.
(c) Faith.
(d) Good parents.

8. In Scene 3, what is Father Flynn wearing?
(a) His priest's robe.
(b) Sweat shirt and pants.
(c) Dress pants and a dress shirt.
(d) Shorts and a t-shirt.

9. As the days roll on, what does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon start to have?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Feelings of hope.
(c) Feelings of excitement.
(d) Doubt.

10. According to Sister Aloysius, what is satisfaction?
(a) A vice.
(b) Evil.
(c) What brought the cat back.
(d) A virtue.

11. What does Father Flynn say was his reason for meeting with Donald Muller?
(a) He caught Donald drinking the communion wine.
(b) Donald had a question about the religion class.
(c) Donald was being bullied.
(d) He wanted to discuss Donald's poor grades.

12. What Christmas song does Sister Aloysius say is heretical?
(a) Winter Wonderland.
(b) Greensleeves.
(c) Frosty the Snowman.
(d) Silent Night.

13. In the parable of the sailor, what is the raft made of?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Spars.
(c) A lifeboat.
(d) Cargo boxes.

14. In Scene 1, what does Father Flynn say that only God knows about the isolated affected people?
(a) Their fears.
(b) Their pain.
(c) Their joy.
(d) Their sorrow.

15. What happened to Father Flynn's childhood acquaintance, Timmy Mathisson?
(a) He was horribly disfigured.
(b) He grew up to be a doctor.
(c) He died a horrible death.
(d) He lost all his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sermon delivered in Scene 1, for how long is the sailor at sea without a navigational aid?

2. What is happening to Sister Veronica?

3. What happens to the crew of the ship in the parable of the sailor?

4. What happens after the sailor sets his course in the parable of the sailor?

5. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn tell the boys to join him for?

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