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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. Which of Carla and Clark's animals had gone missing, which was very hard for Carla to bear?
(a) Fauna.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Flora.

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

3. What does Clark think Leon Jamieson had done while he was alive?
(a) Physically abused Sylvia.
(b) Stole money.
(c) Molested Carla.
(d) Had an affair.

4. Aside from trail rides and lessons, how else do Clark and Carla earn money?
(a) They sell baked goods.
(b) They work at a diner.
(c) They board horses in their barn.
(d) They rent out a room of their home.

5. What had Leon Jamieson done with his writings before his death?
(a) Got rid of them all.
(b) Donated them to the local college.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Left them in notebooks throughout the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Clark and Carla learn about Leon Jamieson after reading his obituary?

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

3. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?

4. What did Sylvia do with Leon's things after his death?

5. What did Sylvia Jamieson tell Clark she wanted Carla to help her with when she first returned from Greece?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business do Clark and Carla run together?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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