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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Nunziato Carino's father?
(a) Pietro.
(b) Francesco.
(c) Stephano.
(d) Mario.

2. What is the name of the notoriously dangerous east-Brooklyn neighborhood where Morris lived?
(a) Bed-Stuy.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Brownsville.
(d) Williamsburg.

3. Who threw a brick through the laundry room window at the Brooklyn Arms, leading to Maurice's family's eviction?
(a) Uncle Dark.
(b) Uncle Limp.
(c) Uncle Juice.
(d) Uncle Old.

4. Where did Laura Schroff's parents marry?
(a) St. Jude Roman Catholic Church.
(b) St. Hugh's Roman Catholic Church.
(c) St. Peter Roman Catholic Church.
(d) St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.

5. When did Sebastiano Vito Procino come to America?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1923.

6. What was the name of the apartment building where Laura lived when she met Maurice?
(a) The Majestic.
(b) The Symphony.
(c) The Bryant.
(d) Trump Tower.

7. Where was the welfare motel located that Maurice lived when he met Laura?
(a) Atlantic Street and Washington Avenue.
(b) 39th Street and Fifth Avenue.
(c) 54th Street and Broadway.
(d) 56th Street and Broadway.

8. Where is I.S. 131 school located?
(a) Anderson Street.
(b) St. Christopher Street.
(c) Hester Street.
(d) Williams Street.

9. Who at the USA Today office brought Laura a bag of clothes for Maurice, as described in Chapter 9?
(a) Roger.
(b) Lou.
(c) Paul.
(d) Jack.

10. What is Maria Giuseppe Benedetto's relation to the author?
(a) Maria Giuseppe Benedetto was Laura's great-grandmother.
(b) Maria Giuseppe Benedetto was Laura's aunt.
(c) Maria Giuseppe Benedetto was Laura's grandmother.
(d) Maria Giuseppe Benedetto was Laura's great-aunt.

11. What did Laura initially want to be when she graduated high school?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A banker.
(c) An airline stewardess.
(d) An engineer.

12. Where did Laura take Maurice to eat when she first met him?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Burger King.
(c) Hard Rock Cafe.
(d) Wendy's.

13. What was the nickname of Maurice's uncle that was just four years older than him?
(a) Uncle Limp.
(b) Uncle Juice.
(c) Uncle Dark.
(d) Uncle Nice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what flood did Maurice's family live when Laura first came to see them at the Bryant?

2. Where did Nunziato Carino tend bar while Laura was growing up?

3. What did Laura's father destroy of Frank's when he was 5?

4. How old is the boy that is described in Brooklyn in the book's Introduction?

5. What vessel did Maria Giuseppe Benedetto take to America with her children?

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