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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 happened to some of Day’s friends when the draft was put in place?

2. When Day was in prison, what did she say really kept her from being free?

3. What was Day strip-searched for?

4. How old was Day when she began reading John Wesley?

5. What did Day picket the White House for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made confession hard for Day?

2. What was Day imprisoned for?

3. How did Day feel about Emma Goldman, and why?

4. What did Day do the first time she visited the White House?

5. How did Day’s father show his intolerance?

6. What did Day write about mostly when she first moved to New York?

7. How did Day support herself when she first left home?

8. How did Day’s father treat his family?

9. How did Day comfort herself in prison, and how did this make her feel?

10. What did Day’s father do for a living, and how did this affect his treatment of his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The war changed a lot in Day’s life. How did it do this, and how did she respond to these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Many different political ideas are spoken of in this book. What are some of these ideas, and how do they relate to each other?

Essay Topic 3

Peter and Forster were very similar in some respects, but total opposites in others. How do these men compare to each other?

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