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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mother Teresa says that a person needs to ask God to help them be ___________ in their lives.

2. The problems of the _________, according to Mother Teresa, are problems of the heart as opposed to the body.

3. The poor have __________ and need to be treated as equals, according to Mother Teresa when she speaks of this in her book.

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

5. Mother Teresa believed that countries need to be focusing on giving their people _________ more than they need to give them anything else.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Saint Francis do as an act of unconditional love and support for the poor, according to the book?

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

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

10. What was the main goal of Mother Teresa, according to the introduction of this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teresa talks about how even the poorest families she knows still give their rice to others who seem to be in more dire circumstances.

Part 1: What do you think motivates people to help others?

Part 2: Why do you think a poor family would give all that they have to someone else?

Part 3: Do you think that you would be able to give away your last pieces of food, even if you were starving?

Essay Topic 2

Suffering gives us a chance to show others love and compassion, according to Mother Teresa.

Part 1: Do you agree with Mother Teresa that suffering has much to teach us?

Part 2: How do you think the world might change if there was no suffering?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to have a world without suffering?

Essay Topic 3

Dying in peace with God is thought to be the greatest thing, according to Mother Teresa.

Part 1: Why would a person want to die in peace?

Part 2: How do you think people try to die in peace? How might they attempt to settle their affairs before dying?

Part 3: Do you think it's always possible to die in peace?

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