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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. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn tell the boys to join him for?
(a) A bull session.
(b) A game of cards.
(c) Singing hymns.
(d) A movie.

2. What does Sister Aloysius say Sister James will trade for a warm look?
(a) Her prized possession.
(b) Her pride.
(c) Anything.
(d) Her heart.

3. When did William London's nose start to bleed?
(a) During morning recess.
(b) During lunch.
(c) During the pledge of allegiance.
(d) During gym class.

4. What disease did Father Flynn's childhood acquaintance, Timmy Mathisson get?
(a) Cancer.
(b) TB.
(c) Ringworms.
(d) Spinal meningitis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the isolated affected people in Father Flynn's opening sermon ask God for help, what is His reply?

2. What is Father Flynn's reaction when his private meeting with Donald Muller is brought up during the meeting in Sister Aloysius' office?

3. What does Sister Aloysius say it is important for children to have?

4. In his first sermon, what does Father Flynn say can be as powerful and sustaining as certainty?

5. In the opening scene of the play, Father Flynn describes the sailor's dilemma as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Father Flynn, how did President Kennedy's death bring people together?

2. How do we know that this play is set in 1964?

3. What is Father Flynn's relationship with the boys on the basketball team like?

4. In Scene 1, why does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon feel despair when clouds cover the sky?

5. In Scene 5, what two things about Father Flynn shock Sister Aloysius?

6. Why does Sister Aloysius think William London is headed for trouble?

7. In Scene 2, what is Sister Aloysius talking about when she asks: what good is a gift when it is left in the box?

8. In Scene 5, what makes Father Flynn have an idea to preach a sermon on intolerance?

9. Why does Father Flynn tell the boys about his childhood acquaintance Timmy Mathisson?

10. Why does Father Flynn say even in individual doubt, one is not alone?

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