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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Long Island town did Laura grow up?
(a) Oyster Bay.
(b) Huntington Station.
(c) Great Neck.
(d) Hempstead.

2. Where did Darcella move with her children when she left Morris?
(a) The Marcy Projects.
(b) The Southside Projects.
(c) The Central Harlem Projects.
(d) The Atlantic Projects.

3. What is the name of the welfare hotel where Maurice lived when he met Laura?
(a) The Lodge.
(b) The Bryant.
(c) The Symphony.
(d) The Guest House.

4. Where was Maurice when Laura first encountered him begging?
(a) 56th Street and Broadway.
(b) Hanover Street.
(c) West 67th Street.
(d) 39th Street and Fifth Avenue.

5. Who is attributed to the following quote from the Foreword? "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step" (17)?
(a) Joseph Campbell.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) John F. Kennedy, Jr.
(d) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Laura take Maurice to eat when she first met him?

2. What kind of business is Drexel Burnham Lambert?

3. Where was Laura's interview for Travel Agent magazine?

4. How much money does Laura describe spending on a company-provided trip to Kitzbuhel, Austria, in Chapter 3?

5. How old was Maurice when he witnessed his mother stabbing his father?

(see the answer key)

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