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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. Suffering offers people a chance to show _______ to others and to become better people as a whole, Mother Teresa thinks.

3. __________, Mother Teresa says, is something that will begin in the home.

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

5. Mother Teresa is a person who sees herself as carrying the last ___________ of those whom she picks up in the streets.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother Teresa see herself as carrying with her as a result of her work with the poor?

2. Who does Mother Teresa name as some of the world's brothers and sisters, people who deserve respect?

3. 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?

4. What irritates Mother Teresa about the people who have more money than others and have earned privilege through their work?

5. What did the people in the senior's home in England want besides to be treated well by the staff?

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

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

8. What does Mother Teresa says drives people into addictions, according to the book?

9. What does Jesus encourage people to resist in their lives as it's not clear why people act the way they do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One might argue that the life of Mother Teresa is unreasonable and that it is not realistic for the everyday person to live.

Part 1: Do you think Teresa's life is unrealistic? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think a person could incorporate some of Teresa's ideas today, even if they didn't move to India?

Part 3: Why do you think people are afraid of the life that Teresa lived?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Mother Teresa was a woman who was focused on helping others and little else.

Part 1: Why do you think Teresa was only inspired to help others in her life?

Part 2: What might happen if a person is not taking care of themselves as well during their life?

Part 3: How do you think your life would change if you were only focused on helping others?

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