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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. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn tell the boys to join him for?
(a) A movie.
(b) A bull session.
(c) Singing hymns.
(d) A game of cards.

2. According to Sister Aloysius, what is a form of laziness?
(a) Skipping church.
(b) Lack of ambition.
(c) Skipping class.
(d) Innocence.

3. When did William London's nose start to bleed?
(a) During gym class.
(b) During morning recess.
(c) During the pledge of allegiance.
(d) During lunch.

4. In Scene 4, who does Sister Aloysius say founded their order?
(a) Saint Christopher.
(b) Saint Nicholas.
(c) Sister Ignacious.
(d) The blessed Mother Seton.

5. Sister Aloysius says the heart must be warm, but the ___ must be cold.
(a) Eyes.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Hands.
(d) Wits.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius ask Sister James to do when Sister Veronica is on the stone stairs?

2. What does Father Flynn say about his fingernails?

3. What did Mr. McGinn forget to do after pruning the rosebush?

4. In Scene 3, what does Father Flynn tell the boys to do after getting dressed?

5. What does Sister Aloysius say happened to her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What differs in Sister Aloysius' story about Sister Veronica tripping over the fallen limb that she tells Mr. McGinn versus what she tells Father Flynn?

5. Why is Sister Aloysius so certain that someone will hit Donald Muller?

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

7. In Scene 4, why does Sister Aloysius say that she cannot live her life in innocence?

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

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

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

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