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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. What does Mother Teresa not care much for, as it is stated at the start of this chapter?

2. Mother Teresa is sad that _______ does not find Christians to be very Godlike and Christian in the way that they act.

3. Mother Teresa encourages the reader to share love with others when they are ________ to the reader.

4. Mother Teresa also once heard a woman blame her ________ for her hunger, but then the mother ended up forgiving this person as she died.

5. Mother Teresa believes that if there was more love in the world, then there would be fewer ____________ too.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother Teresa believe to be true about the idea of war and the killing of others?

2. What happened to the woman who died alone in her apartment in New York, according to Mother Teresa?

3. What does Mother Teresa want humanity to decide to do for the rest of the world,according to the book?

4. What does Mother Teresa have to say about those who are truly dependent on money and on the making of money?

5. Why does Mother Teresa prefer to make mistakes because she is too kind, according to the book?

6. What is beautiful, according to Mother Teresa, in reference to being with the elderly, according to the book?

7. What happened to the woman that the sisters and Mother Teresa picked up from the street on the way to the Home for the Dying?

8. What are the types of poverty that Mother Teresa mentions in the beginning of this section?

9. What should happen if someone in the world every feels alone and abandoned, according to the book?

10. What does the world need in order to have fewer addicts to care for, according to Mother Teresa, according to the 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

Other groups have arisen out of the service that Teresa and her nuns have provided.

Part 1: Do you think that one group always inspires other groups?

Part 2: Why do you think Teresa's group was so inspiring to others?

Part 3: How do you think you could change your life in order to emulate the work of Teresa?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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