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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 Father Flynn suggest they include in this year's pageant?
(a) The Lord's Prayer.
(b) The teachers.
(c) A Christmas tree.
(d) A secular song.

2. When speaking about doubt in Scene 1, what does Father Flynn say is worse than a society sharing a sense of despair?
(a) Lies.
(b) A joy not shared.
(c) A private calamity.
(d) A society in fear.

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

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

5. How does Sister James say the students feel about Sister Aloysius?
(a) They seem terrified of her.
(b) They love her.
(c) They enjoy her sense of humor.
(d) They think she is very smart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who takes sugar in their tea during the meeting between Sister Aloysius, Father Flynn, and Sister James?

3. What is Sister James' response when Sister Aloysius asks her if Donald Muller is being accepted.

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

5. What happens to the ship in the parable of the sailor told by Father Flynn in Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Father Flynn, how did President Kennedy's death bring people together?

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

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

4. In Scene 5, when Father Flynn says that the sound of the wind must have been very lonely in frontier days, under what circumstance does Sister Aloysius say it would be lonely?

5. Why does Father Flynn say it is okay for him to wear his nails a little long?

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

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

8. Why does Sister Aloysius say she cannot close her eyes to the situation with Father Flynn and Donald Muller?

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

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

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