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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 does Carla keep her head down when she first gets on the bus to Toronto?
(a) So nobody will see her crying.
(b) So nobody will talk to her.
(c) So Clark will not see.
(d) In case someone who knows Clark is on the bus.

2. Who is Ruth Stiles?
(a) Sylvia's cousin in Vancouver.
(b) Sylvia's friend in Greece.
(c) Sylvia's friend in Toronto.
(d) Sylvia's sister in British Columbia.

3. What type of life did Carla tell her mother she always feel she needed in the letter she wrote her before running off with Clark?
(a) Authentic.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Stable.

4. What did Clark thinks was like "poison to your blood" (15)?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Fresh air.
(d) Families.

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 Kinks song.
(c) A Beatle's song.
(d) A Bob Dylan Song.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What often happened with Sylvia's young female students who "hung around her worshipfully" (9)?

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

5. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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