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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many convents did Mother Teresa boast of operating?
(a) 714.
(b) More than 500.
(c) Just over 350.
(d) 105.

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

3. What did the leaders of Haiti give to Mother Teresa?
(a) Access to Haiti's government buildings.
(b) Legion d'honneur.
(c) A $10,000 donation.
(d) A medical clinic for Haiti's poor.

4. "The photographs of _________ are a testament to the vitality of the people, as well as to the beauty and variety of the architecture."
(a) Raghubir Singh.
(b) The offices of the Missionaries of Charity.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) Nirmal Hriday.

5. What does the author believe the enormous weight of received opinion a critic of Mother Teresa has to operate against is made up of?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Fundamentalist deceptions.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Wishful thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. According the manuscript, In Mother's House, "Missionaries of Charity do not ______ things but must rely only on God's providence."

2. According to Mother Teresa, what suffers from being too far from Jesus?

3. What pain killer is most often given in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying?

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

5. In how many countries, "without counting India," did Mother Teresa operate convents?

(see the answer key)

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