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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?
(a) She is acting silly.
(b) She is super talkative.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She is sullen.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. What does Sylvia say about Carla in the first message she leaves on Ruth's answering machine?
(a) She may be a little drunk.
(b) She may be a little overbearing.
(c) She may be a little skittish.
(d) She may be a little full of herself.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Carla crying about at Sylvia's?

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

4. Why does Sylvia think she may have taken a liking to Carla?

5. What often happened with Sylvia's young female students who "hung around her worshipfully" (9)?

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