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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, why did Archpriest Don Giuseppe begin confessing to Padre Pio?
(a) Because he wanted a promotion in the friary.
(b) Because Padre Pio was most trustful.
(c) Because he thought Padre Pio was a different person.
(d) Because he thought he was blessed.

2. In Chapter 19, why did Padre Pio feel like he had more time to work with his spiritual children?
(a) Because he was apart from his family.
(b) Because he wasn't preaching.
(c) Because he had a smaller amount of spiritual children.
(d) Because he had his own church to meet with them.

3. In Chapter 14, why did Padre Pio turn down an examination by Gerardo Agostino Gemelli?
(a) He didn't turn the examination down.
(b) Because he wasn't certified.
(c) Because he didn't have permission.
(d) Because he wasn't Christian.

4. In Chapter 25, what month was the hospital built?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) May.

5. In Chapter 26, when did Padre Pio usually pray the rosary?
(a) Before bedtime.
(b) After mass.
(c) Between confessions.
(d) After lunch.

6. In Chapter 21, what pauses development of The House for the Relief of Suffering?
(a) Padre Pio's illness.
(b) A lack of money.
(c) Adelaide's death.
(d) World War II.

7. What did Padre Pio do when he became impatient with penitents?
(a) He would slap them.
(b) He would yell at them.
(c) He would beg for their forgiveness.
(d) He would leave the room.

8. How did the author support Padre Pio's ability to bilocate in Chapter 28?
(a) He quotes from Padre Pio's writing.
(b) He reviews accounts of reliable sources.
(c) He doesn't support Padre Pio's ability to bilocate.
(d) He interviews Protestants.

9. In Chapter 20, what did Padre Pio name his sacrifice to God for the needs of the unsaved?
(a) His crime.
(b) His justification.
(c) His duty.
(d) His imprisonment.

10. In Chapter 15, what was Monsignor Pasquale Gagliardi accused of?
(a) Forgetting his vows.
(b) Undermining Padre Pio.
(c) Immorality.
(d) Frugality.

11. In Chapter 20, what did Padre Pio lose?
(a) Donations from his spiritual children.
(b) His entire friary.
(c) His mother.
(d) Most of his priestly powers.

12. How did Bill Carrigan describe Padre Pio after meeting him?
(a) Boring.
(b) Superhuman.
(c) Supernatural.
(d) Normal.

13. In 1923 why did the Holy Office say Padre Pio should not be a saint?
(a) Because they had healed his stigmata.
(b) Because they couldn't confirm his supernatural character.
(c) Because he was too controversal.
(d) Because he suffered from mental illness.

14. In Chapter 15, what did the author say Padre Pio accepted donations for?
(a) He refused donations.
(b) The needy.
(c) Only children.
(d) To pay for his medical expenses.

15. In Chapter 27, what varied about Padre Pio according to who was witnessing him?
(a) His height.
(b) His glow.
(c) His voice.
(d) His smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Maria Pyle decide to become one of Padre Pio's disciples?

2. Who did Padre Pio hire as a secretary in Chapter 24?

3. In Chapter 21, how long did the author say Padre Pio reportedly slept for at night?

4. In Chapter 26, why did the author say Padre Pio often went to bed at 1:30am?

5. In Chapter 16, what did Gagliardi tell the Papal office about Padre Pio?

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