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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. Mother Teresa thinks that people should ________ themselves not for pleasure but only to keep themselves healthy.
(a) Bathe.
(b) Clothe.
(c) Enjoy.
(d) Feed.

2. For Mother Teresa, ________ is a deeper, inner peace that shows in our eyes, our faces, and our attitudes.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Trust.
(c) Service.
(d) Faith.

3. Mother Teresa says that a person needs to ask God to help them be ___________ in their lives.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Generous.
(d) Honorable.

4. The problems of the _________, according to Mother Teresa, are problems of the heart as opposed to the body.
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) West.

5. What person did Saint Francis encounter which allowed him to show that the surface of a person should not matter?
(a) Dying son.
(b) Limping mother.
(c) Leper.
(d) Spotted child.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poor need to feel _______ for their dignity, according to Mother Teresa in her teachings in this book.

2. Mother Teresa believes the secret to Christianity is to _______, according to her words in this book.

3. Mother Teresa says that prayer produces _______ and that produces love and the ability to serve others.

4. Mother Teresa says that _______ should not worry a person, but the lack of saintliness upon one's death bed.

5. Mother Teresa named her new group the Missionaries of ___________, which then went on to help many poor people.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother Teresa believe a person will be judged by when they are about to go into Heaven?

2. What is the act that Jesus provides for His followers that is noted as significant in the stories?

3. What does Mother Teresa say the purpose of feeding ourselves should be, according to her life?

4. Why did Mother Teresa moved to India after her time in Ireland, according to the introduction?

5. What does the book's author tell the reader is the reason why Mother Teresa never wrote her own book?

6. What does the Hindu family with eight children do when they have not eaten in days, according to the book?

7. What does Mother Teresa point out to be two qualities in the poor which are overlooked by most?

8. What do the poor want, according to the observances of Mother Teresa?

9. What does Mother Teresa think would make politicians better politicians in the end, according to the book?

10. What does Mother Teresa see as the difference in the way that Europe sees its poor versus how India sees its poor?

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