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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. Where had Darcella been arrested on the night her family was to move to Section 8 housing in Brooklyin in Chapter 15?

2. In what year did Laura last speak to her father?

3. Where had Kevin been assigned a job when his marriage with Laura began to dissolve?

4. Where was the Windmill bar located that Nunzie bought?

5. Where did Laura move to an apartment in Manhattan after leaving her family following her split with Kevin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maurice relate in his letter in the end of the book?

2. What does the jug of spare change represent symbolically?

3. Why did Maurice want to become a policeman?

4. Describe the terrifying ride through a blizzard that Laura recounts in Chapter 10. What happened?

5. Describe Annette's family. Who are Annette's children and how old were they when they met Maurice?

6. Why did Laura take Maurice to her sister Annette's house? Where did Annette live?

7. Where did Maurice spend Christmas the year before he met Laura? What did he receive?

8. Why did Maurice stay out of touch with Laura for several years?

9. What is the significance of the gift that Maurice gave to Laura on their first Christmas together?

10. What was Maurice's favorite aspect of Annette's home? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the lives of Maurice and Laura after 2010. Where did they each live? What were their lives and jobs like? What were their families like? How had their relationship changed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of the white teddy bear, the bike, and bagged lunches in An Invisible Thread. Where did Maurice obtain the teddy bear and what did he do with it? What happened to Maurice's bike and why is this important? What did bag lunches represent to Maurice?

Essay Topic 3

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

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