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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 wants people to remember that even _________ are our brothers and sisters in the world.

2. What did Mother Teresa use in order to build homes for the poor when she was in India?

3. Mother Teresa believes that people lack the ___________ to accuse others.

4. The Vatican opened up a home for the sick and the dying in Rome and called it the Gift of ____________.

5. Mother Teresa believes that __________ poverty is worse than all other forms of poverty in the world.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mother Teresa do with the money that she received from the Nobel Peace Prize?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is so important about the Eucharist and about God's word, according to Mother Teresa?

6. What does Mother Teresa believe should happen when someone has success in their lives?

7. What does the AIDS patient identity with as a part of their life in order to deal with the pain, according to the book?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teresa points out that disgust is something that is normal, but getting over it is a sign of heroism.

Part 1: Do you think that you would be disgusted by the poor and by the sick?

Part 2: How do you think a person gets over their feelings of disgust for others?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important for a person to get over their feelings of disgust when helping others?

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

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?

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