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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. What is the name of Laura's older sister?

2. What did Laura give to Maurice so that his family members would not steal the stuff she gave him?

3. What month was it when Laura first encountered Maurice?

4. What kind of business is Drexel Burnham Lambert?

5. How many stories comprised the Bryant hotel when Laura first went there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What Chinese proverb does Laura Schroff describe in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. What jobs did Nunziato Carino start out with as a teen? How did his career progress?

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

7. What did Laura and Maurice do after their first meal together?

8. How did Maurice respond to Laura’s visit at his apartment?

9. What is the significance of the baseball glove?

10. How does the author describe Darcella?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Maurice's grandmother Rose. Where was Rose born? What was her family like? How did she end up in New York? How did Rose die?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Laura's marriage to Michael. How did this affect her friendship with Maurice? Where did Laura move with Michael? What ultimately led to their divorce?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Laura Schroff's career. How did she come to be an ad executive? What was her education? How successful was she in her career?

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