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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sin did Father O'Rourke say the gossipy woman had committed?

3. In Scene 8, when Father Flynn enters Sister Aloysius' office, what does Sister Aloysius say they need?

4. What is Sister Aloysius' response when Father Flynn asks her what he's done?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What reason does Father Flynn give Sister James for his not wanting to defend himself against Sister Aloysius' accusations?

8. 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?

9. What reason does Mrs. Muller give Sister Aloysius for Donald drinking the altar wine?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Father Flynn innocent or guilty? Write an essay stating your opinion and using evidence from the play to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Scene 6 is extremely short, yet it serves an important purpose in the play. What is the purpose of Scene 6? Why does this brief scene work so well to achieve the author's purpose?

Essay Topic 3

The nature of the church's teachings play a role in this play even though they are never overtly discussed. Father Flynn's and Sister James' views on how students ought to be taught vary considerably from Sister Aloysius' views. Write an essay discussing how each of the teachers feel about the way students should be treated, how the rules should be followed, and whether or not the secular world should be included.

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