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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Day’s mother to have to work?
(a) They needed more money
(b) They moved
(c) A child got sick
(d) Her father wrote a novel

2. What made Day feel rushed at confession?
(a) Long lines
(b) Her long list of sins
(c) A busy schedule
(d) The tired priest

3. What drew Day to Catholicism?
(a) She felt peaceful at Church
(b) The people were nice
(c) For all the reasons listed here
(d) Many poor people were Catholic

4. Why was it strange that Day spent so much of her childhood alone?
(a) She had siblings
(b) Her father was always home
(c) She was very social
(d) She was nice to everyone

5. What surprised Day about her living expenses in New York?
(a) It could cost a lot more to live there
(b) The prices were similar to Chicago
(c) She could live cheaply
(d) The government covered a lot of them

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the Socialist lifestyle did Day not like?

2. How did Day feel when listening to Mary’s stories?

3. Where did Day move when she was first on her own?

4. What kind of things did Day work to change when she first moved to New York?

5. How did Day feel about confession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Day’s family feel about religion growing up?

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

3. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

4. Who was Trotsky, and how did Day meet him?

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

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

7. How did Day feel when she first read the Bible?

8. What changed in Day’s life after the earthquake?

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

10. What made confession hard for Day?

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