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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 did Maggie say happens to everyone at some point when Sylvia was telling them about Carla?
(a) They find a surrogate daughter.
(b) They find out their husband had an affair.
(c) They have a crush on a girl.
(d) They need someone to help clean the house.

2. Where does Carla's brother live?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Vancouver.

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

4. 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.

5. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?
(a) A Rolling Stone's song.
(b) A Beatle's song.
(c) A Bob Dylan Song.
(d) A Kinks song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvia tell Carla she would have liked most in Greece?

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

3. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?

4. What gift does Sylvia bring Carla from Greece?

5. Who is Ruth Stiles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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