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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What political patron of Mother Teresa embarked on a criminal campaign of forced sterilization?
(a) Rathy Sreedhar.
(b) Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
(c) John-Roger.
(d) Michele Duvalier.

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

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

5. What is the name of the documentary about Mother Teresa's shortcomings?
(a) Hell's Angel.
(b) When Borders Bleed.
(c) Blaming the Victims.
(d) Something Beautiful for God.

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

7. Who did the doctor say in a 1994 Lancet article, made most of the decisions for the patients in Mother Teresa's Calcutta establishments?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Clergy.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Mother Teresa.

8. While in Calcutta, what did the author witness the poor doing to Mother Teresa that he disliked?
(a) Praising her.
(b) Kissing her feet.
(c) Grabbing her hem.
(d) Condemning her.

9. The author of the 1994 Lancet article was disturbed to learn Mother Teresa's clinic uses no strong ________.
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Bandaging.
(c) Analgesics.
(d) Disinfectants.

10. 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.

11. Which category of patients is Ms. Elgy Gillespie, author, journalist and sometime editor of The San Francisco Review of books, experienced in caring for?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Cancer.

12. What place in Washington D.C. caught Mother Teresa's attention during her visit in October 1981?
(a) Skyland.
(b) Anacostia.
(c) Chevy Chase.
(d) Dupont.

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

14. Who is the pastor mentioned in the Introduction of St. Teresa's in Washington D.C.?
(a) Jean-Claude Duvalier.
(b) George Stallings.
(c) Marion Barry.
(d) Rathy Sreedhar.

15. What are the homeless men from Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel not allowed to do?
(a) Have friends over.
(b) Read newspapers.
(c) Play card games.
(d) Medicate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Intercession the hallmark of sainthood, requires the certification of a ______."

3. Who wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled, In Mother's House?

4. In what language was the slogan "In this sign shall ye conquer" written in the Haitian publication?

5. Where did the Haitian president and his wife flee to during their exile?

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