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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 18 - 27 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clark tell Carla to do after she bends over him and cries after coming out of the shower?
(a) Get a hold of herself and make supper.
(b) Get over herself and get to work.
(c) Call Sylvia and make them some money.
(d) Get out of the house and go to Sylvia's.

2. What often happened with Sylvia's young female students who "hung around her worshipfully" (9)?
(a) Mr. Jamieson had affairs with them.
(b) Sylvia had affairs with them.
(c) They got on Sylvia's nerves.
(d) They became like daughters to Sylvia.

3. What does Clark tell Carla he will do if she tries to run off again?
(a) Kick her to the curb.
(b) Burn her things.
(c) Tan her hide.
(d) Hunt her down.

4. Where had Sylvia slept the last three months of Leon's life?
(a) In bed with him.
(b) The living room sofa.
(c) The spare bedroom.
(d) A chair by his bed.

5. What did Maggie say happens to everyone at some point when Sylvia was telling them about Carla?
(a) They have a crush on a girl.
(b) They find out their husband had an affair.
(c) They need someone to help clean the house.
(d) They find a surrogate daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from trail rides and lessons, how else do Clark and Carla earn money?

2. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?

3. What does Sylvia apologize to Carla for at the end of the story?

4. What does Sylvia describe to Carla, which Clark had not told her about?

5. Why does Carla keep her head down when she first gets on the bus to Toronto?

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