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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Day have a hard time writing this book?

2. What got results when Day was in the radical group?

3. What haunted Day throughout her life?

4. What did Day’s father not allow in his home?

5. What kind of sins did Day not like using at confession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Day imprisoned for?

4. What was The Masses?

5. What went wrong between Raph and Rayna?

6. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Father Roy gave Day some very important counsel. What was this advice, and how did it change Day’s life and ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Peter and Forster were very similar in some respects, but total opposites in others. How do these men compare to each other?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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