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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who has John-Roger repeatedly claimed to have a superior "spiritual consciousness" to?
(a) The apostle Paul.
(b) The pope.
(c) American politicians.
(d) Jesus Christ.

3. 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) AIDS.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Cancer.

4. 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 left in open receptacles.
(d) They are buried.

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 Who wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled, In Mother's House?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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the pastor mentioned in the Introduction of St. Teresa's in Washington D.C.?

2. What did John-Roger give to Mother Teresa?

3. A picture of Mother Teresa beside Michele Duvalier appeared in which Haitian publication?

4. In how many countries, "without counting India," did Mother Teresa operate convents?

5. What did the leaders of Haiti give to Mother Teresa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is contradictory about the Haitian publication known as L'Assaut?

2. How did Mother Teresa's appearance in Bhopal after the Bhopal chemical spill appear political?

3. Explain what the author believes the poorest of the poor are to Mother Teresa.

4. What was Mother Teresa's purpose in writing to Judge Lance Ito?

5. What was Christopher Hitchens' impression of Mother Teresa when he met her in person?

6. How was the Catholic Church in Haiti at odds with the Vatican?

7. In the Introduction, what does the author conclude the picture of Mother Teresa with Michele Duvalier announces about Mother Teresa?

8. Upon returning to Albania in 1990, what did Mother Teresa do?

9. What are causes of Calcutta's overpopulation?

10. What persuaded Mother Teresa to become a nun at 18 years old?

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