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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 did Father Hugh say was most important for man to have?

2. How did Day feel about her first Catholic Retreat?

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

4. What did Day tour the country to promote?

5. What did Day say really made the Catholic Worker successful?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Day do in Mexico?

6. What big decision did Day make when she had her baby?

7. What did Day see about her early Catholicism when she looked back on it?

8. What is the Long Loneliness Day spoke of?

9. What was the Catholic Worker?

10. What did Day say Peter was never careful enough about in his writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Day had a very interesting political journey. How did her political ideas change throughout the book, and what caused this?

Essay Topic 2

Day had a very different lifestyle before she came to religion. How does her life before and after this acceptance of religion differ from her life with 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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