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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9 - 17 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carla keep her head down when she first gets on the bus to Toronto?
(a) In case someone who knows Clark is on the bus.
(b) So Clark will not see.
(c) So nobody will see her crying.
(d) So nobody will talk to her.

2. What is Carla crying about at Sylvia's?
(a) Life with her husband.
(b) Losing Flora.
(c) Lying to Sylvia.
(d) What Leon had done to her.

3. What does Mrs. Jamieson teach at a college?
(a) Physics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Botany.
(d) English.

4. How did Carla think Clark felt about her refusal to go along with what she said Mr. Jamieson had asked of her?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Angered.
(d) Pleased.

5. Who is Joy Tucker?
(a) Hy's wife from Hy and Robert Building Supply.
(b) Carla and Clark's neighbor whom Carla helps around the house.
(c) Carla's sister-in-law from Toronto.
(d) A local librarian who boards her horse with Clark and Carla.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?

2. What had Leon Jamieson done with his writings before his death?

3. What did Carla do at Sylvia's once while Sylva was looking over condolence letters?

4. What did Clark thinks was like "poison to your blood" (15)?

5. Why was Clark avoiding Hy and Robert Buckley's Building Supply?

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