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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What had Carla planned to become when she was younger?
(a) A maid.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) A professor.

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

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

14. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?
(a) How bad he was with women.
(b) How annoying their boss was.
(c) How all the women were after him.
(d) How nobody wanted lessons from him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ruth Stiles?

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

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

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

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

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