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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sister James describe Donald Muller at Father Flynn's departure?
(a) Elated.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Resigned.

2. What does Father O'Rourke say to the woman after she responds to his second request?
(a) That is gossip.
(b) He says she is a good woman.
(c) He says she's banished from the church.
(d) That is a sin.

3. Who did not want Donald Muller to attend St. Nicholas?
(a) Mr. Muller.
(b) Donald.
(c) Mrs. Muller.
(d) Donald's grandmother.

4. What does Sister Aloysius say has a price toward the end of the play?
(a) The pursuit of wrongdoing.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Compassion.
(d) All good deeds.

5. What does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius will not destroy?
(a) His compassion.
(b) His position in the church.
(c) His faith.
(d) His reputation.

6. What does Sister Aloysius say wouldn't have worked if Father Flynn was innocent?
(a) Her call to Mr. Muller.
(b) Her call to the Monsignor.
(c) His reappointment.
(d) Her lie.

7. What is Sister James doing when Scene 7 begins?
(a) Pruning a rosebush.
(b) Teaching her class.
(c) Sitting on a bench.
(d) Walking in the garden.

8. In Scene 8, what does Sister Aloysius say will happen to Father Flynn after she exposes him?
(a) He will never work in a church again.
(b) He will fall from grace.
(c) He may be attacked.
(d) He will be forgiven.

9. Who was the woman in Father Flynn's sermon on gossip gossiping about?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A man she hardly knew.
(c) A priest.
(d) A celebrity.

10. What does Sister James tell sister Aloysius she needed when they speak in Scene 9?
(a) To talk to Father Flynn.
(b) To see her family.
(c) To talk to Donald Muller.
(d) To move to another church.

11. Why does Sister Aloysius say Donald Miller will lie to protect Father Flynn?
(a) Father Flynn threatened him.
(b) He is embarrassed.
(c) Father Flynn seduced him.
(d) He is frightened.

12. What does Mrs. Muller tell Sister Aloysius Donald has at St. Nicholas?
(a) A safe haven.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Lots of friends.

13. What does Sister Aloysius tell Father Flynn caused her to be watchful of him from the first day of school?
(a) She'd heard bad things about him.
(b) She doesn't trust men.
(c) He seemed sneaky.
(d) He touched a boy's wrist.

14. What does Sister James tell Sister Aloysius she can't believe in Scene 9?
(a) That Father Flynn molested Donald.
(b) That Father Flynn is gone.
(c) That Sister Aloysius lied.
(d) That Donald Muller is gone.

15. What did the woman who gossiped in Father Flynn's sermon do the night after she gossiped?
(a) Had a dream.
(b) Told the man she'd gossiped about him.
(c) Slept well.
(d) Left town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Father O'Rourke call the gossipy woman?

2. How many parishes does Sister Aloysius discover Father Flynn has been assigned to in the past five years?

3. What does Sister Aloysius say Father Flynn will do until he is stopped?

4. What is Mrs. Muller's initial reaction to Sister Aloysius' when she is told Father Flynn may have made advances toward her son?

5. What was the woman's response to Father O'Rourke's second request?

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