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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) A Christmas tree.
(b) The Lord's Prayer.
(c) A secular song.
(d) The teachers.

2. What does Father Flynn tell Ralph he thinks is funny?
(a) Ralph is sitting on the bench.
(b) Ralph's last name.
(c) That Ralph never gets a foul shot.
(d) That Ralph's shorts are too short.

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

4. According to Father Flynn, what do you do with your teammates during a basketball game?
(a) Play as an individual.
(b) Stay out of the way.
(c) Share the ball.
(d) Cooperate.

5. Who teaches the physical education and religion classes?
(a) Sister James.
(b) Sister Aloysius.
(c) Sister Veronica.
(d) Father Flynn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Flynn say was his reason for meeting with Donald Muller?

2. What does Sister Aloysius say it is important for children to have?

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

4. Who tripped over the broken branch?

5. Where does Scene 4 take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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