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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dr. Lombardi describe Padre Pio's trances?
(a) Lost suffering.
(b) A fraud.
(c) True ecstacy.
(d) Hightened awarenesses.

2. How did Don Angelo treat Padre Pio as a boy?
(a) Kindly.
(b) He teased him.
(c) He ignored him.
(d) Harshly.

3. After being declared terminally ill, when was Padre Pio able to leave his bed?
(a) For mass.
(b) To work with Benedetto.
(c) Whenever he wanted.
(d) He could never leave his bed.

4. In Chapter 2, how did Padre Pio's father react when he told him about speaking with a guardian angle?
(a) He didn't believe Padre Pio.
(b) He asked Padre Pio for proof.
(c) He believed Padre Pio.
(d) He told Padre Pio to keep it a secret.

5. In Chapter 4, how were Benedetto's beliefs described?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Mystic.
(c) Changing.
(d) Liberal.

6. In Chapter 8, what caused Padre Pio to desire to leave the world?
(a) Traveling to Rome with an angel.
(b) Feeling the illumination of God.
(c) Being touched by Mary.
(d) Having his soul cleansed.

7. In Chapter 11, how many rules for spiritual growth did the author say Padre Pio had?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

8. Why did Padre Pio question becoming a full member of Capuchin Order?
(a) He couldn't renounce the joys of life.
(b) He didn't like the other men in the group.
(c) He couldn't remember his oath.
(d) He didn't have the money.

9. In Chapter 9, how did Benedetto show his anger toward Padre Pio?
(a) He didn't write him for months.
(b) He didn't let him in the friary.
(c) He cut off his ministry.
(d) He sent him to Western Europe.

10. Why did one doctor believe that Padre Pio was having psychosomatic physical issues?
(a) Because he desired Christ's suffering.
(b) Because of his mental illness.
(c) Because his physical issues couldn't be obeserved.
(d) Because his medicine didn't help.

11. How did Padre Pio feel about the mystics when he first learned about them?
(a) He liked their ideas, but quickly forgot them.
(b) He was greatly influenced by them.
(c) He disliked their ideas.
(d) He was humored by them.

12. In Chapter 7, how many stages did the author say Padre Pio's ministry had?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

13. In Chapter 7, why did many people skip Padre Pio's masses?
(a) Because he was always unprepared.
(b) Because he spoke to heavenly beings.
(c) Because he evoked demons.
(d) Because he gave mass out of his house.

14. What season was it when Padre Pio left his family in Chapter 2?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

15. In Chapter 7, what do the people of Pietrelcina call Padre Pio?
(a) Fearless Friar.
(b) Mad Monk.
(c) Mini Monk.
(d) Fraudulent Friar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why did Padre Pio have a difficult time teaching?

2. What was the first stage of Padre Pio's ministry?

3. In Chapter 9, what convinced Padre Pio to return to the cloister?

4. What city is Pietrelcina near?

5. What did Giovanna Rizzani say Padre Pio's form promised her?

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