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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how did Benedetto feel when Padre Pio resisted returning to the friary?
(a) He was angry.
(b) He was confused.
(c) He agreed.
(d) He was sad.

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

3. Why did Padre Pio join Capuchin Order?
(a) To learn world languages.
(b) To study history.
(c) To train to be a priest.
(d) To become a friar.

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

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

6. At the beginning of World War I, what did Padre Pio say the cause of war was?
(a) Man's greed.
(b) God's misunderstanding.
(c) Women's wants.
(d) Man's unbelief.

7. In Chapter 9, what convinced Padre Pio to return to the cloister?
(a) The blood he saw during the war.
(b) Benedetto physicall forced him back.
(c) His mother begged him.
(d) A woman offered to sacrafice herself.

8. Who was healed at St. Pellegrino the Martyr when Padre Pio visited?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) A child.
(c) A black man.
(d) His mother.

9. What did Padre Pio study at the friary at San Marco la Catola?
(a) Literature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Art.
(d) History.

10. In Chapter 10, why did Padre Pio have a difficult time teaching?
(a) He was unprepared.
(b) He had visions in the middle of class.
(c) He would be late for class.
(d) He disliked his students.

11. Why did the author say news of Padre Pio's stigmata spread slowly at first?
(a) Many people were sick at the time.
(b) He hid them for months.
(c) People didn't believe they were real.
(d) News of the stigmata spread quickly.

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

13. Where did Padre Pio's father work most of his life?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Ireland.

14. In Chapter 11, what did the author say was strange about Padre Pio's early followers?
(a) They were young.
(b) They were originally non-believers.
(c) They were women.
(d) They were Jewish.

15. In Chapter 11, how did the author try to summarize Padre Pio's advice?
(a) With a lengthy passage from an academic essay.
(b) With a sampling of Padre Pio's letters.
(c) With quotes from newspaper articles.
(d) With a list of ten points.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, why was Padre Pio's ordination delayed?

3. When did other people, aside from Benedetto, learn about Padre Pio's visions?

4. In Chapter 8, what did the author say the first stage of mystical experiences is?

5. When Padre Pio returned to Pietrelcina in Chapter 7, what was he known for?

(see the answer keys)

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