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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author support Padre Pio's ability to bilocate in Chapter 28?

2. In Chapter 15, what was Monsignor Pasquale Gagliardi accused of?

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

4. In Chapter 20, what did the author say made Padre Pio's life in Rome a little easier?

5. When Padre Pio's friends could not meet with him in Chapter 20, what did they do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 26, what was Padre Pio's daily schedule?

2. In Chapter 25, what changed most in Padre Pio's life?

3. In Chapter 14, what was Gerardo Agostino Gemelli's reaction to Padre Pio?

4. In Chapter 25, what problems arose surrounding the hospital?

5. In Chapter 13, what background information did the author provide about Padre Pio's stigmata?

6. How did Padre Pio know Dr. Ricciardi?

7. In the 1920s, what was Padre Pio's relationship with the Vatican like?

8. How did Padre Pio feel about people coming to visit him in Chapter 21?

9. What type of travel was described in Chapter 28?

10. In Chapter 27, how did the author describe Padre Pio's miracles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Padre Pio's use of symbolism in his writing. How did the author address this use in the text?

Essay Topic 2

Define what religious devoutness meant through the lens of Padre Pio's life.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the author's account of supernatural behaviors and instances with the accounts of others in the book. What does this comparison reveal?

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