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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Inspiring.
(b) Stable.
(c) Authentic.
(d) Exciting.

2. What does Sylvia give to Carla before taking her to the bus stop?
(a) A change of clothes.
(b) A gold necklace to sell.
(c) A bagged lunch.
(d) A canister of coffee.

3. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?
(a) A Rolling Stone's song.
(b) A Beatle's song.
(c) A Kinks song.
(d) A Bob Dylan Song.

4. With whom did Sylvia go to Greece?
(a) Her two friends Maggie and Soraya.
(b) Mr. Jamieson's two younger sisters.
(c) She went alone.
(d) Her mother and sister.

5. 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 talk to her.
(d) So nobody will see her crying.

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

7. What nickname did Carla give to Clark when she first met him and learned of the many jobs he had?
(a) Gypsy Rover.
(b) Winsome wanderer.
(c) Bohemian Babe.
(d) Sweet Drifter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What gift does Sylvia bring Carla from Greece?
(a) A bronze miniature racing horse.
(b) A bronze miniature goat.
(c) A silver necklace.
(d) A gold coin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ruth Stiles?

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

3. What did Carla's mother tell her in the letter she wrote her after Carla ran off with Clark?

4. What had Carla planned to become when she was younger?

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

(see the answer keys)

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