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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 comforted Day the most while in prison?
(a) Talking to other women
(b) Daily prayer
(c) A Bible
(d) Writing

2. Who did Mary tell Day stories about?
(a) Saints
(b) Soldiers
(c) Her relatives
(d) Prophets

3. How many parts did Day say she broke her life up into?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 5

4. Why did Day have a hard time writing this book?
(a) She was ashamed of her past
(b) She didn’t like talking about herself
(c) She didn’t have time
(d) She couldn’t write well

5. What was Day strip-searched for?
(a) Coded messages
(b) Pornography
(c) Weapons
(d) Drugs

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did the New York Call go to print?

2. What ethnicity was Ralph?

3. What jarred Day’s senses in New York when she first moved there?

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

5. What was the first church Day attended?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

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

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

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

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

7. What caused Day’s mother to have to take on more work at home?

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

9. What were the results of the agitations Day was involved in?

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

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