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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. How does Father Flynn end his opening sermon?
(a) With a hymn.
(b) By asking the congregation to cast aside doubt.
(c) By saying Amen.
(d) He simply walks off.

2. What does does Sister Aloysius say you're doing when you confront wrong doing?
(a) Standing up for the rights of others.
(b) Taking a step away from God.
(c) Taking a risk.
(d) Performing a good deed.

3. What does Father Flynn tell the boys girls will do if you approach them with "filthy paws?"
(a) Scream.
(b) Tell the boys they're gross.
(c) Ask the boys to wash.
(d) Run like they're being chased by the Red Chinese.

4. In Scene 2, who is described as watchful, reserved, and unsentimental?
(a) Sister Aloysius.
(b) Sister James.
(c) Donald Muller.
(d) Father Flynn.

5. What does Father Flynn suggest they include in this year's pageant?
(a) A secular song.
(b) A Christmas tree.
(c) The teachers.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which place does Sister Aloysius says innocence is wisdom?

2. What does Father Flynn say will sometimes get you?

3. What does Sister Aloysius say Sister James will trade for a warm look?

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

5. What does Sister Aloysius say happened to her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Scene 4, why is Sister Aloysius trying to protect the rosebush from frost even though there hasn't been any frost?

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

3. In Scene 1, why does Father Flynn say a private calamity is worse than a public one?

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

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

6. Why is Sister Aloysius' work with the rosebush similar to her work at the school?

7. Why does Father Flynn compare the sailor's despair to a crisis of faith?

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

9. What does Father Flynn tell the boys is different about shooting from the foul line versus the rest of the basketball game?

10. What differs in Sister Aloysius' story about Sister Veronica tripping over the fallen limb that she tells Mr. McGinn versus what she tells Father Flynn?

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