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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the short story, "The Free Radio" in East, West?
(a) Salman Rushdie.
(b) Susan Shields.
(c) Emily Lewis.
(d) Christopher Hitchens.

2. Which of Mother Teresa's benefactors was convicted for his part in the Savings and Loan scandal?
(a) John-Roger.
(b) Robert Maxwell.
(c) Robin Fox.
(d) Charles Keating.

3. Where did the Haitian president and his wife flee to during their exile?
(a) France.
(b) United States.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

4. Who wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled, In Mother's House?
(a) Emily Lewis.
(b) Ms. Elgy Gillespie.
(c) Susan Shields.
(d) Robin Fox.

5. According to the Introduction, what did Chinese generals use to "Christianize" their armies?
(a) Water bottles.
(b) Firehose.
(c) Barrels.
(d) Beaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the doctor and also editor of The Lancet who visited Mother Teresa's operation in Calcutta in 1994?

2. What Catholic occurrence is credited with causing the "fertile soil for innumerable reflections," such as: Confessions of St. Augustine and Mary McCarthy's Memoirs of a Catholic Girlhood?

3. What is the name of Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel?

4. What does the author suggest in Chapter 3 of "Good Works & Heroic Virtues" would be possible if all of Mother Teresa's prize money was used on one project?

5. In Judaism, what is a woman experiencing danger in childbirth supposed to do?

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