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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where had Sylvia slept the last three months of Leon's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?

2. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?

3. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?

4. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?

5. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?

6. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.

7. How does Sylvia feel when Carla begins to cry in front of her at her house after returning from Greece? How does this change her view of Carla?

8. What type of home did Carla grow up in? What was her life like? What type of life did Carla tell her mother she wanted when she ran off with Clark?

9. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?

10. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?

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