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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. During what time did Mother Teresa received her next calling in order to serve others in the area?

2. Mother Teresa encourages the reader to meet _________, those who live far away and those who live close.

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

4. How many children were in the Hindu family that had not eaten for days, though they still gave of themselves?

5. God is pleased, Mother Teresa believes, when people pray the ________ that Jesus taught.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Mother Teresa do when she received her first call to the ministry when she was a young woman?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teresa points out the idea that it is fashionable to talk about the poor, but not to talk to them.

Part 1: Why do you think people are afraid to talk to the poor?

Part 2: Do you think that you would be afraid to talk to the poor if you were to encounter them?

Part 3: Why are people willing to talk about the poor in today's world?

Essay Topic 2

Teresa simply wants to give people some human dignity when they are living in miserable conditions.

Part 1: Why do you think Teresa feels dignity is so important to maintain?

Part 2: What might happen to you if you were to lose your dignity?

Part 3: How do you preserve your dignity today in this modern world?

Essay Topic 3

It is said that Teresa has two calls in her life to do the things she ends up doing.

Part 1: Do you believe that there is such a thing as a calling in one's life?

Part 2: How do you think you might react if you were called to do something?

Part 3: Do you feel that you were called to do something in your life? How did you know?

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