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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 live in Mexico for a time?

2. How old was Tamar when she got married?

3. What kind of credit unions did Peter help to create?

4. Why did Sasha invite someone to live with him?

5. What made people think the product created by Peter and Day was Communistic in nature?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Day do in Mexico?

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

4. How did Father Zachary help Day?

5. What did Day say about Peter’s life after his death?

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

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

8. What did Peter help Day learn about?

9. What was Day’s favorite way to help the poor?

10. How did Day’s relationship with Forster end?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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