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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 Sister Aloysius say has a price toward the end of the play?
(a) Compassion.
(b) All good deeds.
(c) The pursuit of wrongdoing.
(d) Doubt.

2. What does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius will not destroy?
(a) His reputation.
(b) His position in the church.
(c) His compassion.
(d) His faith.

3. When speaking with Sister James, why does Father Flynn say his is reluctant to try to repair the damage done by Sister Aloysius' accusations?
(a) He doesn't want to do further harm.
(b) He could get fired.
(c) He thinks Sister James won't support him.
(d) He knows he deserves it.

4. What does Sister James say to Father Flynn as she leaves after their conversation in Scene 7?
(a) She is going to go take a nap.
(b) She is leaving the church.
(c) She has to get to class.
(d) She doesn't believe Sister Aloysius' accusations.

5. Where does Sister Aloysius say Father Flynn went after leaving St. Nicholas?
(a) St. John Parish.
(b) St. Jerome Parish.
(c) St. Elizabeth Parish.
(d) St. Francis of Assissi Parish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 7, what does Father Flynn compare Sister Aloysius to?

2. Why doesn't Mr. Muller come to Sister Aloysius' office with Mrs. Muller?

3. Where does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius had no right to step?

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

5. What did the woman tell Father O'Rourke was the result of his request?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the second part of Scene 8, what reason does Father Flynn suggest for Donald's odd behavior?

2. What shocks Sister James about Sister Aloysius' call to Father Flynn's prior parish?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. In Father Flynn's sermon, what does Father O'Rourke tell the gossipy woman she should be particularly ashamed of?

10. In Scene 7, why does Father Flynn say that the truth makes for a poor sermon?

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