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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. When a person _________, he/she cannot give and the more one haves, the more he/she is able to share.
(a) Doesn't understand.
(b) Hides.
(c) Saves.
(d) Believes.

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

3. The less we have, the more we will ________, according to the teachings of Mother Teresa.
(a) Love.
(b) Share.
(c) Have.
(d) Live.

4. Mother Teresa believes that one must ________ to the point of sacrifice as this is how God will begin to see this love and pay attention to it.
(a) Fall apart.
(b) Witness.
(c) Give.
(d) Love.

5. Mother Teresa says that a person must not refuse the broken ________ of the poor, but embrace them.
(a) Souls.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Hands.
(d) Bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mother Teresa's first name before she converted to being a nun in her order?

2. How long was Mother Teresa at her first order, according to the writing in the book?

3. Mother Teresa is said to have rarely ___________, only doing so when it was completely necessary to.

4. Mother Teresa says that ________ is the life that she wants to live, the Way to the Father.

5. Mother Teresa's main goal in all of her work was to serve the _________, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young boy do for Mother Teresa during the sugar shortage in Calcutta, according to the book?

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

3. What did Mother Teresa do for the young children with whom she began to work within her new order?

4. Why does the couple decide to give the money for their wedding to Mother Teresa instead of having a big wedding?

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

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

7. Why doesn't Mother Teresa agree that work and prayer are exclusive activities?

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

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

10. Who were the residents of the Home for the Dying that Mother Teresa eventually opened up as a part of her service?

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