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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark of her departure?
(a) She will stop by and tell him in person before she leaves.
(b) She will call him before he leaves.
(c) She will have Sylvia put a note from her in the mailbox.
(d) She will have Ruth call him from Toronto.

2. Who is Ruth Stiles?
(a) Sylvia's friend in Toronto.
(b) Sylvia's friend in Greece.
(c) Sylvia's cousin in Vancouver.
(d) Sylvia's sister in British Columbia.

3. What does Sylvia tell Carla she would have liked most in Greece?
(a) The coffee.
(b) The bread.
(c) The beaches.
(d) The goats.

4. What did Carla's mother tell her in the letter she wrote her after Carla ran off with Clark?
(a) You'll come crawling back.
(b) Don't ever come back.
(c) You don't know what you're leaving behind.
(d) I wish you the best.

5. What do Carla and Sylvia have for lunch before heading to the bus depot?
(a) Soup and juice.
(b) Sandwiches and beer.
(c) Omelettes and wine.
(d) Muffins and milk.

6. What does Carla misspell in her letter to Clark?
(a) A lot.
(b) Away.
(c) At least.
(d) Alright.

7. Where does Carla's brother live?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Toronto.

8. What does Sylvia ask Carla about when Carla begins to cry at her house?
(a) What happened between her and Leon.
(b) Flora.
(c) How their business was doing.
(d) Clark.

9. Where do Carla's mother and father live?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) British Columbia.
(d) Toronto.

10. What does Carla tell Sylvia when she asks how life has been there while she was in Greece?
(a) It has been boring without Sylvia.
(b) It has been beautiful and sunny.
(c) It has been the same as ever.
(d) It has been raining a lot.

11. What word is used to describe how Sylvia feels when Carla began to cry?
(a) Appalled.
(b) Helpless.
(c) Empathetic.
(d) Angry.

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

13. 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 bad he was with women.
(c) How all the women were after him.
(d) How nobody wanted lessons from him.

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

15. What did Carla's stepfather call Clark?
(a) Vagabond.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Son.
(d) Loser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Carla give to Clark when she first met him and learned of the many jobs he had?

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

3. What type of life did Carla tell her mother she always feel she needed in the letter she wrote her before running off with Clark?

4. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?

5. What other gift does Sylvia bring back for Carla but does not give to her?

(see the answer keys)

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