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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Flynn say about his fingernails?
(a) He likes to chew them.
(b) He needs to cut them.
(c) They are long, but clean.
(d) He gets manicures.

2. What does Sister Aloysius say will have its consequence tomorrow?
(a) Every good deed.
(b) Father Flynn's sermon.
(c) Sister James' good teaching.
(d) Every easy choice.

3. In Father Flynn's opening sermon, he mentions what event that happened the year before the play takes place?
(a) President Kennedy's assassination.
(b) France performs an underground nuclear test.
(c) The release of the first Beatles album.
(d) The Supreme Court's Miranda decision.

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

5. How does the sailor in Father Flynn's opening sermon navigate?
(a) He doesn't navigate.
(b) By the stars.
(c) He has help from the captain.
(d) Using a compass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father Flynn tell the boys that a routine will do for them?

3. As the days roll on, what does the sailor in Father Flynn's sermon start to have?

4. According to Sister Aloysius, what is satisfaction?

5. What does Sister Aloysius say is dying across the country?

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