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

2. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?
(a) She is sullen.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is acting silly.
(d) She is super talkative.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Carla's mother and father live?

3. With whom did Sylvia go to Greece?

4. What does Sylvia say about Carla in the first message she leaves on Ruth's answering machine?

5. What does Sylvia give to Carla before taking her to the bus stop?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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