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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. Loving and serving the poor means giving the ________ one loves best, not just the leftovers that are available.

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

3. Mother Teresa wants people to give, not as an obligation, but out of __________ to help others.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teresa note that holiness is a duty that everyone must take on, according to one of her many quotes.

Part 1: Why do you think holiness is a duty that everyone must take on?

Part 2: What is another duty that you think others should always take on? Why?

Part 3: How do you think a person's life changes when they are holy in all that the do?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Teresa points out that we have no idea what the lives of others are like, so we have no right to accuse them of anything.

Part 1: Do you agree with the argument of Mother Teresa? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think you could stop accusing others of things? Could you?

Part 3: What is the problem with assuming anything about another person? What can it cause to happen?

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