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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. What does Sister Aloysius tell Mrs. Muller she wants from her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She wants Mrs. Muller to be a witness against Father Flynn.
(c) She wants money to pay a lawyer.
(d) She wants Mrs. Muller to put Donald in a different school.

2. Which one of her relations does Sister James say is ill?
(a) Her Father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

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

4. What does Sister Aloysius suggest Father Flynn do when they speak alone in her office?
(a) Confess and resign.
(b) Tell Mrs. Muller what he's done.
(c) Apologize to Donald.
(d) Pray for forgiveness.

5. What does Sister Aloysius say Father Flynn is a disgrace to?
(a) St. Nicholas school.
(b) God.
(c) The collar.
(d) Mankind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sister James say she wishes she could be more like Sister Aloysius?

2. What is Sister James doing when Scene 7 begins?

3. What is Sister Aloysius' response to Sister James' revelation about Donald Muller's feelings after Father Flynn leaves the school?

4. What does Father O'Rourke say to the woman after she responds to his second request?

5. What kind of bird is making noise in Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Muller say that it was Donald who was punished for drinking the wine instead of Father Flynn being punished for giving it to him?

2. What does Father Flynn say is wrong about Sister Aloysius contacting his prior parish?

3. Why is does Mrs. Muller say that regardless of what Donald's trouble is at the school, he only needs to make it through until June?

4. Why didn't Donald's father want him to attend St. Nicholas school?

5. In Scene 9, what reason does Sister James give Sister Aloysius for being unable to sleep?

6. What does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius is holding the school and parish back from?

7. In Scene 7, what indications does Sister James give that she takes Father Flynn's sermons very seriously?

8. What causes the woman in Father Flynn's sermon to feel guilty about gossiping?

9. In Father Flynn's sermon, what point is Father O'Rourke trying to make about gossip when he instructs the gossipy woman to pick up every last feather?

10. In Father Flynn's sermon, what does Father O'Rourke tell the gossipy woman she should be particularly ashamed of?

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