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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 2, what does Sister Aloysius want Sister James to be with the children?
(a) Caring.
(b) Easygoing.
(c) Alert.
(d) Energetic.

2. In Scene 4, what does Sister Aloysius say that she wouldn't mind being?
(a) A man.
(b) The basketball coach.
(c) Married.
(d) Wrong.

3. What does Sister Aloysius say it is important for children to have?
(a) A fierce moral guardian.
(b) Faith.
(c) Plenty of free time.
(d) Good parents.

4. Who tripped over the broken branch?
(a) Sister Veronica.
(b) Father Flynn.
(c) Sister James.
(d) Sister Aloysius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sister James' class doing while she is with Sister Aloysius in Scene 2?

2. When did William London's nose start to bleed?

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

4. In Scene 4, what does Sister Aloysius say it is her job to do?

5. According to Father Flynn, when you're at the free throw line, it's you versus who?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Scene 4, why is Sister Aloysius trying to protect the rosebush from frost even though there hasn't been any frost?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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