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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 O'Rourke say to the woman after she responds to his second request?
(a) He says she's banished from the church.
(b) He says she is a good woman.
(c) That is gossip.
(d) That is a sin.

2. In Scene 7, what does Father Flynn compare Sister Aloysius to?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A block of ice.
(c) A whale.
(d) A clever fox.

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

4. Sister Aloysius says she will do what needs to be done even if it means what?
(a) She hurts Father Flynn.
(b) She loses her position.
(c) She hurts Donald.
(d) She is damned to Hell.

5. While delivering a sermon in Scene 6, how many of his audience did Father Flynn say had gossiped?
(a) None.
(b) Most.
(c) A few.
(d) All.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the gossiping woman in Father Flynn's sermon on gossip represent?

2. What does Sister Aloysius suggest Father Flynn do when they speak alone in her office?

3. What is Mrs. Muller's main concern about Donald?

4. How does Sister Aloysius plan to get proof that Father Flynn molested children in his former parishes?

5. What does Mrs. Muller say Father Flynn gives Donald?

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

3. What does Father Flynn seem to be most worried about if Sister Aloysius makes her accusations against him public?

4. Why is does Mrs. Muller say that regardless of what Donald's trouble is at the school, he only needs to make it through until June?

5. In Scene 7, why does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius doesn't really care about the children?

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

7. In Scene 9, what does Sister James tell Sister Aloysius she thinks of Father Flynn?

8. In Scene 9, why is Sister Aloysius glad that Sister James went to see her family?

9. In Father Flynn's sermon, what point is Father O'Rourke trying to make about gossip when he instructs the gossipy woman to pick up every last feather?

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

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