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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Clark avoiding Hy and Robert Buckley's Building Supply?
(a) He disliked Robert.
(b) He owed them money.
(c) He used to work there and had a bad experience.
(d) He had had an affair with Hy's daughter.

2. How did Carla think Clark felt about her refusal to go along with what she said Mr. Jamieson had asked of her?
(a) Angered.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Pleased.

3. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?
(a) She says he has a short fuse.
(b) She says he goes nuts.
(c) She says he lacks patience.
(d) She says he flares up.

4. What did Sylvia Jamieson tell Clark she wanted Carla to help her with when she first returned from Greece?
(a) Weeding her garden.
(b) Unpacking her things.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Cleaning her house.

5. How much older was Mr. Jamieson than his wife?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Jamieson go on holiday?

2. What was Mr. Jamieson's occupation?

3. Which of Carla and Clark's animals had gone missing, which was very hard for Carla to bear?

4. What does Clark think he and Carla should do now that Leon Jamieson is dead?

5. What does Mrs. Jamieson teach at a college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Carla do to Sylvia one day while Sylvia was looking over condolence letters she had received? How did Sylvia feel about this?

2. Why does Clark sometimes avoid certain businesses in the area? What is one example of a business he avoids?

3. What dream did Carla have about Flora at the start of the story?

4. What does Clark think he and Carla should do to Mrs. Jamieson after reading her husband's obituary and why?

5. What did Carla help Sylvia do after her husband died and before her trip to Greece?

6. What business do Clark and Carla run together?

7. What does Clark tell Carla when she says that he flares up?

8. Who are the Jamiesons? What do Carla and Clark learn about Mr. Jamieson after his death?

9. Who is Flora? Why was Carla concerned for her at the start of the story?

10. Who is Carla sure is driving down the road at the start of the story? Where would this person be coming from?

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