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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. Who is Maurice's uncle that gave him a little Hess truck?
(a) Juice.
(b) Dark.
(c) Lefty.
(d) Nice.

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

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

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

5. In what year did Laura meet Maurice?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On what day of the week did Laura find Maurice on the street for the second time?

4. Who introduced Darcella to crack cocaine?

5. Where did Uncle Old go to buy cocaine from Dominican distributors in order to make crack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Laura to go to the Bryant? What did she discover when she arrived?

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

3. Who is Maria Giuseppe Benedetto? When and where did she live?

4. How is Uncle Limp described?

5. What does the crack epidemic refer to? When did this epidemic begin and end?

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

7. What is the significance of the baseball glove?

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

9. How did Maurice respond when Laura lectured him about punctuality?

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

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