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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. To pray to Christ is to _______ him, according to the ideas of Mother Teresa in this book.
(a) Love.
(b) Know.
(c) Believe in.
(d) Understand.

2. In order to be a saint, Mother Teresa said, you need to want to be a ___________, as the book states.
(a) Poor person.
(b) Sinner.
(c) Saint.
(d) God.

3. For how many days did the boy not eat sugar in order to give his portion to Mother Teresa as a gift?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

4. Mother Teresa believes that those who say their lives are too _______ for prayer are wrong in what they are saying.
(a) Needy.
(b) Full.
(c) Hectic.
(d) Complete.

5. The _______ are anyone who lives their lives according to God's law, according to the sayings of Mother Teresa.
(a) Beloved.
(b) Lepers.
(c) Peacekeepers.
(d) Saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mother Teresa was in Calcutta, her convent was the only one to run a Catholic girls __________ in the area.

2. The most authentic _________, according to Mother Teresa, is the one that focuses on love.

3. Mother Teresa says that a person must not refuse the broken ________ of the poor, but embrace them.

4. What is the name of the house that Mother Teresa would open later in order to help another group of people? Home for the ____________.

5. Mother Teresa notes that we need to slow down our lives and ________ more at the people around us.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the 'sickness' that Mother Teresa believes that there is no cure for, unless another helps them?

2. What is necessary in the act of true love, as evidenced by the actions of Jesus when He hangs on the cross?

3. What does Mother Teresa believe the end result of doing God's work for his glory will be?

4. Why does Mother Teresa believe that the secret to Christianity is prayer?

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

6. What does the Hindu man say when he is asked what a Christian is, according to the text in the book?

7. What does Thomas Aquinas have to say about the idea of holiness, according to Mother Teresa?

8. What does Mother Teresa say can increase one's faith when it seems to be diminished, according to the book?

9. What is the excuse that Mother Teresa doesn't think people should believe in regards to holiness?

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

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