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1. Interpret the significance of the first sentence.
2. When the boy dreams of Fr. Flynn, why does he “try to think of Christmas”?
3. The boy, considering the intricacies of Church doctrine, thinks: “I wondered how anybody had ever found the courage to undertake [learning] them.” Explain the irony in this.
4. When viewing the body, the boy says that the candles looked like “pale thin flames.” What is the symbolism of this?
5. When Flynn was paralyzed, he dropped his breviary to the floor. Can you interpret this?
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