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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Sylvia slept the last three months of Leon's life?
(a) The spare bedroom.
(b) A chair by his bed.
(c) In bed with him.
(d) The living room sofa.

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

3. What often happened with Sylvia's young female students who "hung around her worshipfully" (9)?
(a) Sylvia had affairs with them.
(b) They got on Sylvia's nerves.
(c) Mr. Jamieson had affairs with them.
(d) They became like daughters to Sylvia.

4. 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 have Ruth call him from Toronto.
(c) She will stop by and tell him in person before she leaves.
(d) She will call him before he leaves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?

3. What does Sylvia ask Carla about when Carla begins to cry at her house?

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

5. What does Carla tell Sylvia when she asks how life has been there while she was in Greece?

(see the answer keys)

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