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

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

3. What philosophy was Day’s first as a child?

4. At what age did Day start going to church as a child?

5. Why was it strange that Day spent so much of her childhood alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Day feel about Emma Goldman, and why?

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

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

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

6. What was the first job Day held in New York City?

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

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

9. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Many different political ideas are spoken of in this book. What are some of these ideas, and how do they relate to each other?

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