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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. Who is the pastor mentioned in the Introduction of St. Teresa's in Washington D.C.?

2. According to Mother Teresa, what suffers from being too far from Jesus?

3. What does the sign over Mother Teresa's morgue say?

4. What are the homeless men from Mother Teresa's San Francisco hostel not allowed to do?

5. ________ is the name of the author's Channel Four documentary that aired in Britain in the autumn of 1994.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's opinion of a Mother Teresa quote that appeared in Ann Lander's column?

2. What obscures the amount of money Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity possess?

3. What was Mother Teresa's involvement in a Nicaraguan conflict?

4. How does the author explain the anti-Catholic Christian Coalition's alignment with Mother Teresa?

5. Describe Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to Mother Teresa's institution in New Dehli.

6. Describe the affectation, well known to missionary fund-raisers, that the author accuses Mother Teresa of using, in "Good Works & Heroic Virtues," Chapter 3.

7. What is the premise for the Catholic Church's missionary work?

8. Upon returning to Albania in 1990, what did Mother Teresa do?

9. What is contradicting about Mother Teresa's policy about taking patients to hospitals?

10. What was Mother Teresa's purpose in writing to Judge Lance Ito?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of the title and its applicability to the text. Explain why the title is appropriate for the book. Describe literal and ironic examples of how the title applies to Mother Teresa. Determine if the title gives expectations that are met in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Mother Teresa's use of donation funds. Determine if there is more evidence of proper use, or misuse. Determine what constitutes misuse. Explain how Mother Teresa justifies her use of funds. Describe how her use of funds aids the poor.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the impact Roman Catholicism had on Mother Teresa's life. Decide how many of her qualities can be attributed to her Catholicism. Consider the following questions:

a) How much of Mother Teresa is unique?

b) How much of Mother Teresa is molded from the church?

c) Does she appear to have a sense of self?

d) If the Church were to create the perfect nun, how different would it be from Mother Teresa?

e) Did Mother Teresa's devotion to the church create or destroy her?

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