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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the pimp that Maurice helped out when he was 10?

2. Where was Nunziato Carino's father from?

3. Where was Maurice when Laura first encountered him begging?

4. How does Laura describe the color scheme of her apartment in Chapter 6?

5. Where is the Broadway Diner that Laura took Maurice to for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Stan and what was his relationship to Laura?

2. What weapon did Maurice carry for protection? Where and how did he get it?

3. What happened to make Uncle E unsettled?

4. How does the author describe Sebastiano Vito Procino?

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

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

7. Under what circumstances did Laura Schroff first meet Maurice?

8. What did Miss House tell Laura about Maurice?

9. How does Laura describe the dual nature of her father?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in An Invisible Thread. What did family mean to Maurice? How did his vision of family change through his friendship with Laura? What are Laura's perceptions of family?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Maurice's father Morris. Where was he born? How is his personality described? How prominent was he in Maurice's life? How did he die?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Laura's parents. What was their heritage? Where did they live? What did Laura's mother and father do for a living? What were the family finances like?

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