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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Laura's interview for Travel Agent magazine?
(a) West 46th Street.
(b) West 36th Street.
(c) East 19th Street.
(d) West 59th Street.

2. 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.

3. Where did Maria Giuseppe Benedetto move her children to a cramped tenement apartment after arriving in New York?
(a) West 28th Street.
(b) East 36th Street.
(c) East 112th Street.
(d) 56th Street and Broadway.

4. Where was the office for Icelandic Airlines located when Laura began working there?
(a) 56th Street and Broadway.
(b) 54th Street and Broadway.
(c) 39th Street and Fifth Avenue.
(d) 50th Street and Fifth Avenue.

5. By what nickname did most people call Morris?
(a) Speedy.
(b) Monster.
(c) Dark.
(d) Lefty.

6. How much money does Laura describe spending on a company-provided trip to Kitzbuhel, Austria, in Chapter 3?
(a) $435.
(b) $130.
(c) $230.
(d) $57.

7. How many cots were there in the Roberto Clemente Shelter in the Bronx when Maurice's family stayed there?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 600.
(d) 1,000.

8. How many stories comprised the Bryant hotel when Laura first went there?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

9. By what nickname did Morris call Darcella?
(a) Darcy.
(b) Juicy.
(c) Junebug.
(d) Red.

10. Who was Darcella's older sister that she moved in with when he was born?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Sarah.

11. What was Maurice wearing when Laura first met him?
(a) A black hoodie and sweatpants.
(b) A burgundy sweatsuit.
(c) A dingy suit and tie.
(d) Ripped jeans and a t-shirt.

12. What is Maurice's last name?
(a) Sandwick.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Roberts.
(d) Mazyck.

13. Where was Valerie Salembier acting as senior vice president, publisher, and chief revenue officer when she wrote the book's Foreword?
(a) Town and Country.
(b) Ms. magazine.
(c) USA Today.
(d) Time magazine.

14. How many sons did Rose have?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. How old was Maurice when his uncle gave him a little Hess truck?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ends up signing Maurice's permission slip to go to the ball game in Chapter 7?

2. Who does Laura describe assaulting the men that Maurice's mother would bring home in Chapter 7?

3. How old was Maurice when Laura met him?

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

5. How old was Laura when she met Maurice?

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