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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, why was Padre Pio's family blackmailed?
(a) To stop personal photos from being leaked.
(b) To save Padre Pio's job.
(c) To prevent a book from being published.
(d) To end a harrassment charge.

2. How did Padre Pio feel about the lines of people who wanted to confess to him in Chapter 26?
(a) He loved the line.
(b) He would force the line to break up every so often.
(c) He didn't mind except when people cut in line.
(d) He thought they were all wasting their time.

3. What nickname was Maria Pyle given?
(a) My Maria.
(b) The Woman.
(c) L' Americana.
(d) Le Francious.

4. Why did Brunatto threaten to publish a book?
(a) To get the pope to meet with him.
(b) He didn't threaten to publish a book.
(c) To force the ban on Padre Pio to be lifted.
(d) To upset secularists.

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

6. In Chapter 26, what example did the author use to prove how harsh Padre Pio could be with his supporters?
(a) He would slap them.
(b) He would shut doors in their faces.
(c) He would tell them they were going to hell.
(d) He would send them home without speaking to them.

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

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

9. In Chapter 27, how did Padre Pio speak to others about his miracles?
(a) He would describe them in great detail in private.
(b) He held monthly public reviews of his miracles.
(c) He avoided speaking about them.
(d) He would only write about them.

10. Who did Adelaide leave his trust to?
(a) Padre Agostino.
(b) Maria.
(c) Padre Pio.
(d) Pius XII.

11. In Chapter 25, what did Padre Pio say his medical and religious center would appeal to?
(a) Mind and God.
(b) Earth and God.
(c) Body and earth.
(d) Body and soul.

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

13. In Chapter 23, how did American and British soldiers affect Padre Pio's ministry?
(a) They spread it.
(b) They shrunk the number of followers.
(c) They translated his writings.
(d) They forced him to move.

14. In Chapter 14, how did the author say World War I affected Padre Pio's ministry?
(a) It strengthened their beliefs.
(b) It made it illegal.
(c) It shrunk it.
(d) It grew it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, what did Padre Pio do instead of eating dinner?

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

3. When Pope Pius XI took over, what was his major concern?

4. In Chapter 21, how did Padre Pio feel about people traveling to see him?

5. In Chapter 24, what did the author say led to Padre Pio's political involvement?

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