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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. According to Father Flynn, when you're at the free throw line, it's you versus who?
(a) The ball.
(b) The clock.
(c) The hoop.
(d) Yourself.

2. What does Father Flynn say will sometimes get you?
(a) Bad thoughts.
(b) The little things.
(c) Poor grades.
(d) Anger.

3. What does Sister Aloysius say it is important for children to have?
(a) A fierce moral guardian.
(b) Good parents.
(c) Faith.
(d) Plenty of free time.

4. When the isolated affected people in Father Flynn's opening sermon ask God for help, what is His reply?
(a) Yes.
(b) Anger.
(c) No.
(d) Silence.

5. What is Sister James' reaction to the reason Father Flynn gives for his private meeting with Donald Muller?
(a) She doesn't believe him.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is relieved.
(d) She is shocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sister Aloysius think of the children's dance class?

2. What is Sister Aloysius' function at the school?

3. What happens to the crew of the ship in the parable of the sailor?

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

5. How does Sister Aloysius react to Father Flynn's reason for meeting privately with Donald Muller?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot afford an excessively innocent teacher?

2. When Sister Aloysius says good teachers are never content, what does she mean?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Sister Aloysius say that it makes sense for Father Flynn to take interest in Donald Muller?

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

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