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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 was the first political party Day joined?

2. How did Day feel when listening to Mary’s stories?

3. Where did Day stay when first attending Mass?

4. What was Day’s favorite part of the Bible?

5. What ethnicity was Ralph?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened when Day read The Jungle?

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

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

8. What went wrong between Raph and Rayna?

9. What did Day write about mostly when she first moved to New York?

10. What was in the letter reprinted by Day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The war changed a lot in Day’s life. How did it do this, and how did she respond to these changes?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Day held many writing jobs in different capacities throughout her career. What were some of these different positions and what did she learn from them?

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