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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sign over Mother Teresa's morgue say?
(a) My suffering is past.
(b) We go to live with God.
(c) I am going to heaven today.
(d) I die in peace.

2. 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) Fundamentalist deceptions.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Wishful thinking.
(d) Scripture.

3. What was the role of Ken Macmillan on Malcolm Muggeridge's crew?
(a) Lighting.
(b) Translator.
(c) Boom operator.
(d) Cameraman.

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

5. According to the Introduction, Haiti is the property of a callous and greedy _________.
(a) Predatory class.
(b) Cartel.
(c) Millitary.
(d) Despot.

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

7. In the Introduction, the author claims that Mother Teresa's life showed a determination to be ranked with _______ and ________.
(a) St. Jude, St. Peter.
(b) St. Paul, St. John the Apostle.
(c) St. Thomas Moore, St. Dominic
(d) St. Francis, St. Benedict.

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

9. According to Mother Teresa, what suffers from being too far from Jesus?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Great Britain.

10. 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) Mary Loudon.
(c) Susan Shields.
(d) Emily Lewis.

11. What pain killer is most often given in Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Tylenol.
(c) Motrin.
(d) Vicadin.

12. What were the Bangladesah war in 1971 and the sectarian brushfires in Assam responsible for?
(a) The exile of Christian missionaries.
(b) Calcutta sanctioned work houses.
(c) Calcutta's underpopulation.
(d) Calcutta's overpopulation.

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

14. "Intercession the hallmark of sainthood, requires the certification of a ______."
(a) Conversion.
(b) Charitable act.
(c) Miracle.
(d) Vision.

15. Mother Teresa once told a terminal cancer patient, "You are suffering like Christ on the cross. So Jesus must be ______ you."
(a) Kissing.
(b) Watching.
(c) Praising.
(d) Holding.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ is the name of the author's Channel Four documentary that aired in Britain in the autumn of 1994.

2. What did Mother Teresa refuse to include in a new home for the poor in the Bronx that caused the plans to be abandoned?

3. What is inscribed over the door of the offices of the Missionaries of Charity on Bose Road?

4. The author of the 1994 Lancet article was disturbed to learn Mother Teresa's clinic uses no strong ________.

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

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