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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. When the isolated affected people in Father Flynn's opening sermon ask God for help, what is His reply?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Silence.
(d) Anger.

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 is Sister James' reaction when Sister Aloysius tells her she was married before she took her vows?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Astonishment.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Anger.

4. What does Sister Aloysius say is dying across the country?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Penmanship.
(c) Good teaching methods.
(d) Grammar skills.

5. Why is Sister James late to Sister Aloysius' office for her meeting with Father Flynn and Sister Aloysius?
(a) She forgot about the meeting.
(b) She lost her watch.
(c) Her class ran late.
(d) She took a detour through the convent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father Flynn say about his fingernails?

3. According to Father Flynn, what do you do with your teammates during a basketball game?

4. What does Sister Aloysius compare Donald Muller and Father Flynn to during Scene 4?

5. At the end of Scene 5, who does Sister Aloysius call?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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