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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In how many countries, "without counting India," did Mother Teresa operate convents?
(a) 47.
(b) More than 200.
(c) Over 105.
(d) Over 250.

2. Who was the volunteer in Calcutta that wrote, "but this kid is fifteen," about a boy with a simple kidney complaint in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying?
(a) Emily Lewis.
(b) Robin Fox.
(c) Mary Loudon.
(d) Susan Shields.

3. According to the Introduction, Haiti is renowned as the place where the _________ receive the _________ treatment.
(a) Wretched, cruelest.
(b) Religious, most insulting.
(c) Wealthy, most luxurious.
(d) Tourists, best.

4. What was the nun's name that gave the author a guided tour of Mother Teresa's Calcutta mission?
(a) Elgy Gillespie.
(b) Susan Shields.
(c) Emily Lewis.
(d) Mother Teresa.

5. In the Afterword, the author claims he has been rebuked for sneering at a woman who "gives those in the ______ a glimpse of the ______."
(a) Trenches, heavens.
(b) Storm, clear.
(c) Cold, warm.
(d) Gutter, stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in Calcutta, what did the author witness the poor doing to Mother Teresa that he disliked?

2. How many orphans did Mother Teresa rescue from the Bangladesh calamity?

3. Who does the author quote that worked nine and a half years as a member of Mother Teresa's order?

4. Who maintained that "ensoulment" was the point in which a life becomes human and mortal?

5. What does the sign over Mother Teresa's morgue say?

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