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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. In what room did Maurice's family live at the Brooklyn Arms?

2. What did Maurice do with the business card that Laura gave him on the day they met?

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

4. What beverage did Maurice order on his first lunch with Laura in Chapter 2?

5. Who is Maurice's uncle that gave him a little Hess truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Darcella's history of drug abuse.

2. How is Uncle Old described?

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

4. What items did Laura give to Maurice when he first visited her apartment?

5. Who is Morris? How is he described?

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

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

8. Where did Maurice live when he met Laura? How is this setting described?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Maurice when Laura met him. What was he wearing? Where was he peddling for change? What struck Laura the most about this boy?

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 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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