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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) Doubt.
(d) The pursuit of wrongdoing.

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

3. What does Father Flynn say has been damaged through no fault of his own as he talks to Sister James in Scene 7?
(a) His faith.
(b) His ability to preach.
(c) His reputation.
(d) Donald's reputation.

4. In Scene 9, who else does Sister Aloysius say she told about Father Flynn?
(a) Monsignor Benedict.
(b) Mr. Muller.
(c) Sister Veronica.
(d) The Bishop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Muller's initial reaction to Sister Aloysius' when she is told Father Flynn may have made advances toward her son?

2. When he comes on the scene in Scene 7, what does Father Flynn think he is interrupting?

3. What does Mrs. Muller tell Sister Aloysius Donald has at St. Nicholas?

4. Who did not want Donald Muller to attend St. Nicholas?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Father Flynn say Sister Aloysius is holding the school and parish back from?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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