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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mother Teresa wear when the Vatican awarded her the John XXIII Prize for Peace in 1971?
(a) Her traditional nun's habit.
(b) A rosary of wooden beads.
(c) An Indian sari.
(d) A medical armband.

2. Who does the author quote that worked nine and a half years as a member of Mother Teresa's order?
(a) Emily Lewis.
(b) Susan Shields.
(c) Ms. Elgy Gillespie.
(d) Robin Fox.

3. Which award, worth a quarter of a million lire, was presented to Mother Teresa in 1979 by the president of Italy?
(a) The International Balzan Prize.
(b) Templeton award.
(c) Good Samaritan award.
(d) Nobel Peace Prize.

4. What is the name of Malcolm Muggeridge's 1969 BBC documentary?
(a) Helping the Poor.
(b) Caring for All God's Children.
(c) Something Beautiful for God.
(d) Protector of the Sick.

5. Who scammed Mother Teresa and many others in a fund-raising scheme run by his newspaper group?
(a) John-Roger.
(b) Charles Keating.
(c) Robert Maxwell.
(d) Robin Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Bangladesah war in 1971 and the sectarian brushfires in Assam responsible for?

2. What was Mother Teresa's benefactor's sentence for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?

3. Who did the doctor say in a 1994 Lancet article, made most of the decisions for the patients in Mother Teresa's Calcutta establishments?

4. How much money did a former missionary of charity confess was collecting in one of the charities checking accounts in the Bronx?

5. Which group awarded Mother Teresa with a medallion inscribed with, "Food For All: Holy Year 1975"?

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