SISTER ACT

1. Answer these questions about the film.

1. Who is the girl at the beginning of the film?

2. Why is the nun angry with her?

3. Where do you think Mr LaRocca is from?

4. What does she want Mr LaRocca, the man in the club, do for

her?

5. Why does he say he can’t do it?

6. What does Mr LaRocca give her as a present?

7. Does she like it?

8. Why does she go to Mr LaRocca’s office?

9. What is she thinking to do?

10. What happens when she is opening the door of the room?

11. What does she do after that?

12. Write a short summary about what happens at the police

station.

2. Say if these sentences are TRUE or FALSE.

1. Deloris doesn’t want to live in the convent.

2. The nuns want her to stay in the convent.

3. The convent is going to close because of money problems.

4. She likes being a nun.

5. Her new name is Sister Mary Katherine.

6. She gets to the convent at dinnertime.

7. She thinks the food in the convent is delicious.

8. She knows how to thank God for the food they are going to eat.

9. The nuns work doing the washing up in the mornings.

10. Deloris takes a tomato from the meal.

3. Answer these questions. (from 28’)

1. What time do the nuns go to bed?

2. Does she like her cell?

3. What does she think she needs in the room?

4. What does Mr LaRocca thinks when he meets the police officer?

5. How long is Deloris staying at the convent?

6. What does Mother Superior think about Deloris being in the

convent?

7. What time do the nuns get up in the morning?

8. What does the priest miss in the Mass?

9. Why is Deloris in a photo?

10. What was Deloris’ life like before being in this convent?

(what she explains to the rest of the nuns)

11. What kind of jobs does she do in the convent?

12. Why does she think her life in the convent is “a

nightmare”?

13. What does Mary Robert give her as a present?

14. Where does she go when she leaves the convent?

15. Why do the people get surprised?

16. What do they start doing there?

17. Who sees them when they come back to the convent?

18. Does Deloris want to leave the convent?

19. What is Mary Clarence’s new task in the convent?

20. Does she like it? Why?

PART II (from 48’)

What happened next? Order the sentences from 1 to 20.

………….. . The choir sings the Mass beautifully.

………….. . The police officer gets angry because everybody can see

her.

………….. . The Pope is coming to the convent to listen to the choir.

………….. . The Lieutenant calls her to tell she is free in a couple of

days.

………….. . Mother Superior tells Mary Clarence she is moving to a

different convent.

………….. . Sister Mary Clarence is asked to join the choir.

………….. . Mr LaRocca is told where Mary Clarence is.

………….. . The Lieutenant takes Deloris out of the convent.

………….. . They give the concert to the Pope.

………….. . She starts directing the choir.

………….. . Mary Clarence appears on TV.

………….. . Two men kidnap Mary Clarence.

………….. . The nuns are told Mary Clarence is not a nun.

………….. . Willy and Joey can’t shoot her because she is a nun.

………….. . Young people get into the church to listen the choir.

………….. . Deloris runs away when she is going to be shot.

………….. . All the nuns are into the casino and it’s difficult to find

Deloris.

………….. . The Lieutenant saves Mary Clarence.

………….. . The nuns go out from the convent and share with the

community.

………….. . The nuns fly to Reno, Nevada

Key

Part II

1. Sister Mary Clarence is asked to join the choir.

2. She starts directing the choir.

3. The choir sings the Mass beautifully.

4. Young people get into the church to listen the choir.

5. The nuns go out from the convent and share with the

community.

6. Mary Clarence appears on TV.

7. The police officer gets angry because everybody can see her.

8. The Pope is coming to the convent to listen to the choir.

9. The Lieutenant calls her to tell she is free in a couple of days.

10. Mother Superior tells Mary Clarence she is moving to a

different convent.

11. Mr LaRocca is told where Mary Clarence is.

12. The Lieutenant takes Deloris out of the convent.

13. Two men kidnap Mary Clarence.

14. The nuns are told Mary Clarence is not a nun.

15. The nuns fly to Reno, Nevada

16. Willy and Joey can’t shoot her because she is a nun.

17. Deloris runs away when she is going to be shot.

18. All the nuns are into the casino and it’s difficult to find

Deloris.

19. The Lieutenant saves Mary Clarence.

20. They give the concert to the Pope.