Chapter 9 Test

1. Jesus was pleased with the widow's offering to the Temple because she ____.

• A. gave a large sum to help the poor
• B. wanted others to notice her
• C. gave all the money she had
• D. also donated her time to help orphans

2. When Jesus said, "Do not let your left hand know what your right is doing" he meant that we should ___.

• A. give alms to those in need
• B. give alms in secret
• C. make our almsgiving known to everyone
• D. keep our hands to ourselves

3. Jesus said that people who give money in the synagogues simply to ___ are hypocrites.

• A. earn favor from God
• B. help the poor
• C. keep up the care of the Temple
• D. be praised by others

4. By the virtue of ___, we desire and expect from God everlasting life and the grace to achieve it.

• A. hope
• B. faith
• C. charity
• D. justice

5. It has been God's plan from the beginning for us to live in ___.

• A. a democratic society
• B. harmony and partnership with others
• C. a technological community
• D. the same place as our friends and relatives

6. What virtue enables us to love God with all our hearts and reach out to those who are suffering?

• A. faith
• B. service
• C. charity
• D. fortitude

7. As disciples of Christ, we are called to ____ others.

• A. judge
• B. worship
• C. follow
• D. serve

8. Saint Francis knew what he should do with his life when he ____.

• A. became seriously ill
• B. met a leper on the road
• C. visited an orphanage
• D. was approached by a poor widow

9. When Saint Francis began to visit hospitals and give money and clothes to the poor, what did his father do?

• A. praised him
• B. donated more things to the poor
• C. beat him and took him to the bishop
• D. thanked God for such a fine son

10. Saint Francis prayed to God that he would be ____.

• A. an instrument of God's peace
• B. a sign of God's power
• C. a messenger of God's Word
• D. an example of God's justice