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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did John-Roger give to Mother Teresa?
(a) An old building.
(b) A $10,000 check.
(c) His personal thanks.
(d) A copy of his version of scripture.

3. According to the 1994 Lancet article, what medicine was a boy diagnosed with "probable malaria" prescribed by a visiting doctor?
(a) Brufen.
(b) Tetracycline.
(c) Paracetamol.
(d) Chloroquine.

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

6. 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) Emily Lewis.
(c) Robin Fox.
(d) Susan Shields.

7. What 1971 book claims that Mother Teresa performed a miracle?
(a) Something Beautiful for God.
(b) Protector of the Sick.
(c) Caring for All God's Children.
(d) Helping the Poor.

8. In what language was the slogan "In this sign shall ye conquer" written in the Haitian publication?
(a) Latin.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

9. During an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge, what did Mother Teresa say our works were an expression of?
(a) Our devotion to the poor.
(b) Our moral integrity.
(c) Our own spiritual poverty.
(d) Our love for Christ.

10. In which two magazines did the author publish early polemics against Mother Teresa?
(a) People and U.S. News.
(b) The Nation and Vanity Fair.
(c) Time and Vanity Fair.
(d) U.S. News and Time.

11. How do the nuns in the Home for the Dying treat used needles?
(a) They are washed in cold water.
(b) They are left in open receptacles.
(c) They are boiled in sauce pans.
(d) They are buried.

12. What is the name of the doctor and also editor of The Lancet who visited Mother Teresa's operation in Calcutta in 1994?
(a) Robin Fox.
(b) Emily Lewis.
(c) Susan Shields.
(d) Mary Loudon.

13. What is the name of Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel?
(a) Home for the Homeless.
(b) Charity Never Faileth.
(c) The Gift of Love.
(d) Shelter for the Weak to be Made Strong.

14. According to the book, how many years had Mother Teresa been working in Calcutta?
(a) Four and a half decades.
(b) Five and a quarter decades.
(c) Three and a half decades.
(d) Most of four decades.

15. According to the 1994 Lancet article, diagnostic investigations were seldom permissible because Mother Teresa preferred ________ to planning.
(a) Practicality.
(b) Piety.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Providence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question are sisters from the Missionaries of Charity supposed to ask a dying individual before secretly baptizing them?

2. What did Mother Teresa say to the author about her orphanage?

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

5. Who was instrumental in bringing Mother Teresa's image to international attention?

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