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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 Day say was the best way to help the poor?

2. What kind of people mostly wanted to live in Day and Peter’s Community?

3. What did Day serve when her child was baptized?

4. How did Day get in contact with Eleanor Roosevelt?

5. What did Day create with Peter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Day say people should show their love for God?

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

3. What gave Day comfort about Peter’s death?

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

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

6. Why did Peter create Hospitality Houses?

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

8. What did Day do at these retreats?

9. How did the Catholic Worker overcome the difficulty they faced when Peter died?

10. What changes did Day help to make through protests?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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