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

2. What happened to Father Flynn's childhood acquaintance, Timmy Mathisson?
(a) He lost all his friends.
(b) He grew up to be a doctor.
(c) He died a horrible death.
(d) He was horribly disfigured.

3. What does Father Flynn tell the boys that a routine will do for them?
(a) Keep them from tensing up.
(b) Win basketball games.
(c) Keep them organized.
(d) Help them get better grades.

4. What song does Sister Aloysius finally consent to having in the Christmas pageant?
(a) Winter Wonderland.
(b) Silent Night.
(c) Frosty the Snowman.
(d) It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas.

5. Besides taking the students for ice cream, what other trip does Father Flynn suggest for the boys?
(a) A trip to the beach.
(b) A trip to a museum.
(c) A camping trip.
(d) A trip to a bowling alley.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the isolated affected people in Father Flynn's opening sermon ask God for help, what is His reply?

2. How does Father Flynn end his opening sermon?

3. In Scene 2, who is described as watchful, reserved, and unsentimental?

4. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn tell the boys to join him for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father Flynn compare the sailor's despair to a crisis of faith?

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

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

4. Why does Sister Aloysius want to see Sister James become more self-confident?

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

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

7. Why does Father Flynn say it's important to have a routine for shooting a free throw?

8. Why does Father Flynn say it is dangerous to think at the foul line?

9. Why does Sister Aloysius think William London is headed for trouble?

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

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