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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, 'My Earthly Work Has Now Begun', Chapter 22, 'The Lord Is Not Moved to Pity', Chapter 23, Padre Pio and the GIs, Chapter 24, The World for a Parish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mood was Padre Pio in when he wrote "The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane"?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Angry.

2. When Pope Pius XI took over, what was his major concern?
(a) Working with ecstatics.
(b) Making the church more money.
(c) Weeding out frauds.
(d) Totalitarian regimes.

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

4. What did the author name the first five years after Padre Pio returned home?
(a) Rebirth.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Double exile.
(d) The awakening.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Maria during World War II?

2. In Chapter 15, why did Archpriest Don Giuseppe begin confessing to Padre Pio?

3. When socialism and fascism were gaining power, what did Padre Pio suggest to the mayor of his town?

4. In Chapter 6, what did the author say Padre Pio told Jesus?

5. In Chapter 13, how long did the author say Padre Pio's hands bled for?

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