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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 a regret that Day had in her life?
(a) Not being near her family
(b) Not finding God soon enough
(c) Not publishing a novel
(d) Not protecting her daughter from the world

2. What kind of doctrine did Day learn from Peter?
(a) Thomistic
(b) Theocratic
(c) Christian
(d) Paulistic

3. Who did Peter hope would carry on his work?
(a) Doris Day
(b) His daughter
(c) The government
(d) Younger men

4. Where did Day meet Peter?
(a) A support group
(b) Her office
(c) A park
(d) Her apartment complex

5. What kind of people mostly wanted to live in Day and Peter’s Community?
(a) Educated people
(b) Radical people
(c) Young people
(d) Foreign people

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a comfort to Peter before his death?

2. What ruined some of the farm ventures?

3. How long did Day live in Mexico?

4. How did Day feel when she was pregnant?

5. Whose example did Day want to follow when working with the poor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprised Day at Steve’s death?

2. Why did Day begin going to retreats?

3. What difficulty did the Catholic Worker face when Peter died?

4. How did Peter’s ideas of study interfere with his other beliefs?

5. How does Day say people should show their love for God?

6. What was Day’s favorite way to help the poor?

7. What was the relationship like between Day and Forster?

8. What does Day hope readers would take from this book?

9. How did the Catholic Worker overcome the difficulty they faced when Peter died?

10. What made Day so nervous to have a baby?

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