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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. How old was Maurice when his uncle gave him a little Hess truck?

2. How old was Maurice when he witnessed his mother stabbing his father?

3. What is the public housing complex in Brownsville known for crime and violence that the author describes in Chapter 7?

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

5. What weapon is the woman in the Introduction described as carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Darcella's history of drug abuse.

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

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

4. What did Laura aspire to be after graduating high school? How did she go about pursuing this dream?

5. How does the author describe Sebastiano Vito Procino?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the significance of the baseball glove?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Laura's trip to the Mets game with Maurice after they became friends. Why did Laura think this trip was important? How did she obtain Maurice's family's permission for the trip? What were Maurice's perceptions of the game?

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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