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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 did Maurice enroll in college in order to earn two years' study to become a police officer?

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

3. What does Laura recall eating on her first double date with Michael?

4. Who was Laura's best friend in junior high school?

5. Where did Laura first go on a double date with Michael?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Laura get for Maurice on their first Christmas together?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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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