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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 caused people to take notice of the staff of the Catholic Worker?

2. What did the staff of the Catholic Worker do when they lost something after Peter’s death?

3. What political ideal did Forster believe in?

4. Why did Day put off becoming a Catholic?

5. What service did Forster give when his child was baptized?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Catholic Worker?

3. What did Day often regret about her life?

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

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

6. Who was Steve?

7. What was Day’s first impression of Peter?

8. What did Sasha learn by having his wife’s grandfather live with him?

9. What is the Long Loneliness Day spoke of?

10. What did Day do in Mexico?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Day was very close to her family while growing up. How did this closeness define her life and her search for religion? 

Essay Topic 3

Day made some very important decisions after she had her baby. What were some of these changes, and why did having a child bring them about?

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