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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. How did Day feel about her baby brother?
(a) She often took care of him
(b) She was annoyed by him
(c) She wished he hadn't been born
(d) She ignored him

2. What did Day’s father not allow in his home?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Visitors
(c) Any of these things
(d) Television

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

4. What bothered Day about the people in the Episcopalian church?
(a) They talked about Hell
(b) They didn’t serve others
(c) They didn’t pay alms
(d) They spoke down to her

5. What did Day NOT want to rely on while suffering in prison?
(a) Their future
(b) Her beliefs
(c) God
(d) Other women

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. How long did Day work at the hospital?

4. Who did Day try to help when she joined the Red Cross?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was The Masses?

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

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

5. What made confession hard for Day?

6. How did Day feel when she was exposed to Tolstoi?

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

8. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

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

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

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