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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the 1994 Lancet article, diagnostic investigations were seldom permissible because Mother Teresa preferred ________ to planning.
(a) Piety.
(b) Practicality.
(c) Providence.
(d) Nurturing.

2. According to the Introduction, what did Chinese generals use to "Christianize" their armies?
(a) Firehose.
(b) Barrels.
(c) Water bottles.
(d) Beaches.

3. According to the book, how many years had Mother Teresa been working in Calcutta?
(a) Most of four decades.
(b) Three and a half decades.
(c) Five and a quarter decades.
(d) Four and a half decades.

4. In the Introduction, the author claims that Mother Teresa's life showed a determination to be ranked with _______ and ________.
(a) St. Thomas Moore, St. Dominic
(b) St. Paul, St. John the Apostle.
(c) St. Francis, St. Benedict.
(d) St. Jude, St. Peter.

5. Which category of patients is Ms. Elgy Gillespie, author, journalist and sometime editor of The San Francisco Review of books, experienced in caring for?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leprosy.

6. Who has John-Roger repeatedly claimed to have a superior "spiritual consciousness" to?
(a) American politicians.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) The apostle Paul.
(d) The pope.

7. What was the role of Ken Macmillan on Malcolm Muggeridge's crew?
(a) Boom operator.
(b) Translator.
(c) Cameraman.
(d) Lighting.

8. According to Mother Teresa, what suffers from being too far from Jesus?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Pakistan.

9. "The photographs of _________ are a testament to the vitality of the people, as well as to the beauty and variety of the architecture."
(a) Nirmal Hriday.
(b) The offices of the Missionaries of Charity.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) Raghubir Singh.

10. Where did the Haitian president and his wife flee to during their exile?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) United States.
(d) France.

11. During an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge, what did Mother Teresa say our works were an expression of?
(a) Our love for Christ.
(b) Our own spiritual poverty.
(c) Our moral integrity.
(d) Our devotion to the poor.

12. Who said that Christianity is a religion for slaves?
(a) Simone Weil.
(b) Christopher Hitchens.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Charles Keating.

13. What pain killer is most often given in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Motrin.
(c) Vicadin.
(d) Tylenol.

14. According the manuscript, In Mother's House, "Missionaries of Charity do not ______ things but must rely only on God's providence."
(a) Store.
(b) Request.
(c) Gather.
(d) Change.

15. Of the impression his documentary helped to create, Malcolm Muggeridge said, "Mother Teresa's way of looking at life is barren soil for ________."
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Today's populace.
(c) Ratings.
(d) Copy writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quote from Lenin is used in the Introduction?

2. What question are sisters from the Missionaries of Charity supposed to ask a dying individual before secretly baptizing them?

3. What did Mother Teresa say in the documentary while holding a child in her arms?

4. While in Calcutta, what did the author witness the poor doing to Mother Teresa that he disliked?

5. What does the sign over Mother Teresa's morgue say?

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