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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Father O'Rourke say the gossipy woman had played fast and loose with?
(a) The law.
(b) The reputation of the person she'd gossiped about.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) Her reputation.

2. When he comes on the scene in Scene 7, what does Father Flynn think he is interrupting?
(a) Sister Aloysius' phone call.
(b) Sister James' prayer.
(c) Sister James' class.
(d) Sister James' sleep.

3. What is Sister Aloysius' response when Father Flynn asks her what he's done?
(a) She says he gave wine to Donald.
(b) She says he drank the communion wine.
(c) She says he lied to her.
(d) She says he stole money.

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

5. Why does Father Flynn tell Sister James he avoids Donald Muller?
(a) Sister Aloysius told him to.
(b) Fear of being misunderstood.
(c) He's embarrassed.
(d) He doesn't like him.

6. Where did Father O'Rourke tell the woman to take a pillow?
(a) To the floor.
(b) To the roof.
(c) To church.
(d) To the person she'd gossiped about.

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

8. At the end of Scene 8, who does Father Flynn call?
(a) Sister James.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) The Monsignor.
(d) His mother.

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

10. Who does Father Flynn plan to talk to in order to have Sister Aloysius removed from her position?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) The Mother Superior.
(c) The Monsignor.
(d) Sister Veronica.

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

12. How many parishes does Sister Aloysius discover Father Flynn has been assigned to in the past five years?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

13. What was the gossipy woman in Father Flynn's sermon seized by?
(a) Guilt.
(b) The person she gossiped about.
(c) The police.
(d) Her neighbor.

14. Who does the gossiping woman in Father Flynn's sermon on gossip represent?
(a) Sister Veronica.
(b) Himself.
(c) Sister Aloysius.
(d) Donald Muller.

15. What did Father O'Rourke tell the woman to do when she returned home after the second time he spoke with her?
(a) Give money to the church.
(b) Leave town.
(c) Tell the person she'd gossiped about what she'd done.
(d) Pick up the feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene 9 take place?

2. What did the woman tell Father O'Rourke was the result of his request?

3. What does Sister James say to Father Flynn as she leaves after their conversation in Scene 7?

4. What does Sister Aloysius tell Mrs. Muller she wants from her?

5. What does Sister James tell sister Aloysius she needed when they speak in Scene 9?

(see the answer keys)

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