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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 was Day’s job at the New York Call?
(a) Photographer
(b) Writer
(c) Analyst
(d) Editor

2. Who did Day serve after living through a natural disaster?
(a) Poor people
(b) Politicians
(c) Doctors
(d) Veterans

3. What jarred Day’s senses in New York when she first moved there?
(a) The poverty
(b) All of the things listed here
(c) The constant sound
(d) All the people

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

5. What kind of things did Day work to change when she first moved to New York?
(a) Stopping evictions
(b) Opposing wars
(c) Lowering wages
(d) Building schools

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Day’s family move after the natural disaster?

2. Where did Day stay when first attending Mass?

3. What ethnicity was Ralph?

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

5. What kind of funeral did Rayna have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Day exposed to for the first time through her friendship with Raph and Reyna?

3. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

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

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

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

7. How did Day say she viewed this book at the beginning?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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