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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. With what security company did Maurice get a job after returning to New York from North Carolina?

2. How old was Frank when he died?

3. Why does Laura say she uses the name "Kevin" in reference to her ex-husband in Chapter 12?

4. What did Michael name his 36-foot Grand Banks trawler?

5. What kind of bicycle did Laura get for Maurice on his fifteenth birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first decent job that Maurice obtained after he had become homeless?

2. How did Maurice's parents die? How did their deaths impact him?

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

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

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

6. How did Laura respond when she learned of Maurice's first child? Why?

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

8. How does Laura describe her first Thanksgiving with Maurice?

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

10. What led to Maurice becoming homeless for a time? Where did he sleep?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in An Invisible Thread. What did family mean to Maurice? How did his vision of family change through his friendship with Laura? What are Laura's perceptions of family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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