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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. Where does Scene 4 take place?
(a) In the gym.
(b) In Sister Aloysius' office.
(c) In the garden.
(d) On the front lawn of the school.

2. What does Sister Aloysius say Sister James will trade for a warm look?
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her prized possession.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Anything.

3. What does Sister Aloysius say causes nuns to fall like dominoes?
(a) They are always looking up.
(b) Their uncomfortable shoes.
(c) Their habits catch on things.
(d) They are clumsy people.

4. How does Sister Aloysius react to Father Flynn's reason for meeting privately with Donald Muller?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is delighted.
(d) She thinks he is lying.

5. In Scene 4, what does Sister Aloysius say it is her job to do?
(a) To outshine the fox in cleverness.
(b) To beat the sheep in meakness.
(c) To top the hare in speed.
(d) To outswim the fishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Father Flynn's sermon on doubt, what did he say binds people together?

2. What is Sister James' class doing while she is with Sister Aloysius in Scene 2?

3. Father Flynn tells the boys that people won't think they look silly when they do what?

4. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius want Sister James to be with the children?

5. In Scene 4, who does Sister Aloysius say founded their order?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do we know that this play is set in 1964?

2. Why is Sister Aloysius anxious at the beginning of Scene 5?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Sister Aloysius think the song Frosty the Snowman is heretical?

9. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius refer to when she says that every easy choice today has a consequence tomorrow?

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

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