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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) I wish you the best.
(c) You don't know what you're leaving behind.
(d) Don't ever come back.

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

3. 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 the same as ever.
(c) It has been raining a lot.
(d) It has been beautiful and sunny.

4. Why does Sylvia think she may have taken a liking to Carla?
(a) She never had her own children.
(b) Carla reminds her of her younger self.
(c) Carla is so pretty.
(d) Carla is so helpful around the house.

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

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

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

8. What did Clark thinks was like "poison to your blood" (15)?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Families.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Fresh air.

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

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

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

12. What other gift does Sylvia bring back for Carla but does not give to her?
(a) A set of earrings.
(b) A little stone she had found on the road.
(c) A postcard of where she had been staying.
(d) Some coffee.

13. Where does Carla tell Sylvia she would go if she had the money?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) British Columbia.
(d) Toronto.

14. Whom does Carla remind Sylvia of most?
(a) Former high school classmates.
(b) Mr. Jamieson's nurses.
(c) Her nieces.
(d) Her students.

15. 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.

Short Answer 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?

2. Who is Ruth Stiles?

3. What did Maggie say happens to everyone at some point when Sylvia was telling them about Carla?

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

5. What does Sylvia tell Carla she would have liked most in Greece?

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