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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 in Brooklyn did Maurice move with Michelle after they began seeing one another?

2. Where did Annette live when Laura took Maurice to visit her in Chapter 10?

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

4. Where did Laura's brother Frank work building airplane wings?

5. What is the name of Laura's youngest brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Maurice want to become a policeman?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 Laura's parents. What was their heritage? Where did they live? What did Laura's mother and father do for a living? What were the family finances like?

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