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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 4, what does Sister Aloysius tell Sister James they cannot do when Sister James states she can't be sure anything happened between Donald Muller and Father Flynn?
(a) Call Donald's mother.
(b) Wait for something to happen.
(c) Talk to Donald Muller.
(d) Go to the Monsignor.

2. What is happening to Sister Veronica?
(a) She is going blind.
(b) She is dying of cancer.
(c) She is going deaf.
(d) She is retiring.

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

4. In Scene 4, why does Sister Aloysius believe Donald Muller would lie about what happened with Father Flynn?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shame.
(d) Loyalty.

5. In the opening scene of the play, Father Flynn describes the sailor's dilemma as what?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) A trivial matter.
(c) A crisis of faith.
(d) A loss of hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 1, what does Father Flynn say that only God knows about the isolated affected people?

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

3. What does Sister Aloysius say is dying across the country?

4. In Scene 4, what does Sister Aloysius say that she wouldn't mind being?

5. What observation does Sister Aloysius make about Father Flynn's hands during their meeting in Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sister Aloysius' work with the rosebush similar to her work at the school?

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

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

4. In Scene 2, what is Sister Aloysius talking about when she asks: what good is a gift when it is left in the box?

5. In Scene 2, what does Sister Aloysius refer to when she says that every easy choice today has a consequence tomorrow?

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

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

8. In Scene 5, what two things about Father Flynn shock Sister Aloysius?

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

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

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