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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 job did Nunziato Carino begin at the age of 12?

2. Where is the Prince George welfare hotel located in Manhattan?

3. When did Sebastiano Vito Procino come to America?

4. In what room did Maurice's family live at the Brooklyn Arms?

5. Where did Laura Schroff's parents marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to make Uncle E unsettled?

2. Who was Stan and what was his relationship to Laura?

3. Who wrote the book's Foreword? What is this individual's relationship to the author?

4. How did Maurice respond to Laura’s visit at his apartment?

5. What concerns did Laura grapple with as she entered into a friendship with Maurice?

6. What did Maurice tell Laura that his mother did all day when she first asked?

7. How does Laura describe her apartment in Chapter 6?

8. What were the two gifts that Maurice had ever received in his life when Laura met him?

9. What happened when the Bureau of child welfare came to the Prince George looking for Maurice?

10. How does Laura describe her relationship with punctuality? What does this say about her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the white teddy bear, the bike, and bagged lunches in An Invisible Thread. Where did Maurice obtain the teddy bear and what did he do with it? What happened to Maurice's bike and why is this important? What did bag lunches represent to Maurice?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the lives of Maurice and Laura after 2010. Where did they each live? What were their lives and jobs like? What were their families like? How had their relationship changed?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Maurice when Laura met him. What was he wearing? Where was he peddling for change? What struck Laura the most about this boy?

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