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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Carla receive a letter from at the end of the story?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Mrs. Jamieson.
(c) Ruth Stiles.
(d) Her brother.

2. What had Leon Jamieson done with his writings before his death?
(a) Left them in notebooks throughout the house.
(b) Sold them.
(c) Donated them to the local college.
(d) Got rid of them all.

3. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?
(a) How annoying their boss was.
(b) How all the women were after him.
(c) How bad he was with women.
(d) How nobody wanted lessons from him.

4. What is in the paper bag Clark hands to Sylvia when he comes to her house the evening she had brought Carla to the bus stop?
(a) The bronze statue she had given Carla.
(b) Flora's remains.
(c) Carla's remains.
(d) The clothes she had given Carla.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clark say reading Carla's note made him feel?

2. What does Sylvia say about Carla in the first message she leaves on Ruth's answering machine?

3. What does Clark call Flora after seeing her at Sylvia's?

4. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark of her departure?

5. What complaint did Joy Tucker share with Clark and Carla?

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