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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. Why does Father Flynn tell Sister James he avoids Donald Muller?
(a) He doesn't like him.
(b) Fear of being misunderstood.
(c) Sister Aloysius told him to.
(d) He's embarrassed.

2. In the sermon Father Flynn delivers in Scene 6, where did the gossipy woman go the day after she gossiped?
(a) To the house of the person she gossiped about.
(b) To jail.
(c) To her mother's.
(d) To confession.

3. Why does Sister James say she wishes she could be more like Sister Aloysius?
(a) Because Sister Aloysius is successful.
(b) Because the children respect Sister Aloysius.
(c) Because she respects Sister Aloysius.
(d) Because she can't sleep at night.

4. In Scene 8, when Father Flynn enters Sister Aloysius' office, what does Sister Aloysius say they need?
(a) Tea.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A third party.
(d) Donald Muller.

5. What did Father O'Rourke call the gossipy woman?
(a) A beautiful, but misguided woman.
(b) An ignorant, badly brought up woman.
(c) A sinner.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Father O'Rourke tell the woman to do with the pillow?

2. Who does Sister Aloysius tell Sister James she prayed for?

3. In Scene 9, who else does Sister Aloysius say she told about Father Flynn?

4. Why does Sister Aloysius say Donald Miller will lie to protect Father Flynn?

5. How many parishes does Sister Aloysius discover Father Flynn has been assigned to in the past five years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is strange about Father O'Rourke's reaction to the gossipy woman's confession in Father Flynn's sermon?

2. What happened to Father Flynn after he left St. Nicholas?

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

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. What does Sister Aloysius believe about Father Flynn's resignation from St. Nicholas?

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

8. 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?

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

10. In Scene 9, what reason does Sister James give Sister Aloysius for being unable to sleep?

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