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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Maurice when he witnessed his mother stabbing his father?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

3. What New York Senator denounced the Brooklyn Arms for its degradation, as cited by the author in Chapter 7?
(a) Peter O'Doyle.
(b) Jack Williams.
(c) Patrick Moynihan.
(d) William McCarthy.

4. What did Maurice ask Laura to teach him to do when he first ate dinner at her apartment?
(a) To set the table.
(b) To use the telephone.
(c) To use the remote control.
(d) To use chopsticks.

5. Where was Nunziato Carino's father from?
(a) Calabria.
(b) Forli.
(c) Vicenza.
(d) Pescara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Maria Giuseppe Benedetto depart for America with her children?

2. Who is the teacher that Laura first met with at Maurice's school?

3. How old was Maurice when Laura met him?

4. Where did Maurice steal the box-cutter he carried when he met Laura?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Laura confront the concierge at her building about Maurice? What happened as a result?

3. How is Uncle Old described?

4. What is the Brooklyn Arms and when did Maurice live there?

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

6. Where did Maurice and Laura go for their first meal together? What did they order?

7. What items did Laura give to Maurice when he first visited her apartment?

8. What happened to make Uncle E unsettled?

9. What is the significance of the baseball glove?

10. Who is Morris? How is he described?

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