3. Who is attributed to the following quote from the Foreword? "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step" (17)?

4. For what infamous street gang was Morris a stick-up man?

5. By what nickname did Morris call Darcella?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Uncle Juice described?

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

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

4. How is Uncle Dark described?

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

6. What did Laura teach Maurice to do when he first visited her apartment?

7. What happened when the Bureau of child welfare came to the Prince George looking for Maurice?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the settings of the Symphony and the Bryant. Where were/are these buildings located? How does the author describe each setting? How are they similar and how are they different?

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

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?

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