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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. By what nickname did Darcella call Morris?

2. Where was the office for Icelandic Airlines located when Laura began working there?

3. What are the names of Darcella and Morris's oldest daughters?

4. What did Maurice ask Laura to teach him to do when he first ate dinner at her apartment?

5. When did Laura Schroff first interview with Valerie Salembier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Laura work when she met Maurice? What did her job entail?

2. How does the author describe Sebastiano Vito Procino?

3. How does the author describe Darcella?

4. What is the significance of the brown bag lunch in An Invisible Thread?

5. How does the author describe New York in the 1980s?

6. Where did Laura live when she met Maurice? How is this setting described?

7. What is the significance of the baseball glove?

8. What were the two gifts that Maurice had ever received in his life when Laura met him?

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

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

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

Discuss Maurice's education. How did he perform in school? Where was he educated? What was the extent of his education, and how did that change over time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Laura Schroff's relationship with her father. What aspects of her father did Laura detest? What aspects of him did she admire? How did her relationship with her father end?

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