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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 did Father O'Rourke say the gossipy woman had played fast and loose with?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) The law.
(c) The reputation of the person she'd gossiped about.
(d) Her reputation.

2. What does Mrs. Muller tell Sister Aloysius the world is?
(a) An exciting place.
(b) A place of opportunity.
(c) A hard place.
(d) God's kingdom.

3. Where does Scene 7 take place?
(a) The rectory.
(b) Sister Aloysius' office.
(c) Sister James' classroom.
(d) The garden.

4. Where does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius had no right to step?
(a) Into his personal affairs.
(b) Outside the church.
(c) Into Donald's life.
(d) In his office.

5. What was the gossipy woman in Father Flynn's sermon seized by?
(a) The police.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) The person she gossiped about.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did the woman give for her response to Father O'Rourke's second request?

2. In the sermon Father Flynn delivers in Scene 6, where did the gossipy woman go the day after she gossiped?

3. Who was the woman in Father Flynn's sermon on gossip gossiping about?

4. Why does Mrs. Muller say Donald was sent to St. Nicholas instead of public school?

5. In Scene 6, who does the man in Father Flynn's sermon represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father O'Rourke tell the gossipy woman to take a pillow to the roof in Father Flynn's sermon?

2. Why does Mrs. Muller say that it was Donald who was punished for drinking the wine instead of Father Flynn being punished for giving it to him?

3. What reason does Mrs. Muller give Sister Aloysius for Donald drinking the altar wine?

4. What does Mrs. Muller say is the real reason Mr. Muller beat Donald?

5. How is the sermon Father Flynn preaches in Scene 6 symbolic?

6. When Father Flynn comes to Sister Aloysius' office in the second part of Scene 8, why does she tell him he can't come in?

7. In Scene 7, what does Sister James say Sister Aloysius has done to take away her joy in teaching?

8. Why didn't Donald's father want him to attend St. Nicholas school?

9. In the second part of Scene 8, what does Father Flynn say is the real reason Sister Aloysius is after him?

10. What reason does Father Flynn give Sister James for his not wanting to defend himself against Sister Aloysius' accusations?

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