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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. How does Mrs. Muller say Donald was punished for being taken off the altar boys?
(a) His bicycle was taken away.
(b) His father beat him.
(c) His mother beat him.
(d) He as grounded.

2. At the end of Scene 9, what does Sister Aloysius have?
(a) Doubts.
(b) A feeling of accomplishment.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A phone call from Mrs. Muller.

3. Who did not want Donald Muller to attend St. Nicholas?
(a) Mrs. Muller.
(b) Mr. Muller.
(c) Donald.
(d) Donald's grandmother.

4. What does Sister Aloysius say wouldn't have worked if Father Flynn was innocent?
(a) Her call to the Monsignor.
(b) Her lie.
(c) Her call to Mr. Muller.
(d) His reappointment.

5. What did the woman who gossiped in Father Flynn's sermon do the night after she gossiped?
(a) Left town.
(b) Had a dream.
(c) Slept well.
(d) Told the man she'd gossiped about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sister Aloysius say Father Flynn is a disgrace to?

2. What does Sister James tell Sister Aloysius she can't believe in Scene 9?

3. What does Sister Aloysius say was Father Flynn's confession?

4. Where does Sister Aloysius say Father Flynn went after leaving St. Nicholas?

5. What did the gossipy woman ask Father O'Rourke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Scene 8, why does Mrs. Muller think she may have come to Sister Aloysius' office on the wrong day?

4. 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?

5. In Scene 7, what indications does Sister James give that she takes Father Flynn's sermons very seriously?

6. What causes the woman in Father Flynn's sermon to feel guilty about gossiping?

7. What about the crow in Scene 7 reminds the audience of Sister Aloysius?

8. What does Father Flynn say is wrong about Sister Aloysius contacting his prior parish?

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

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

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