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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. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark of her departure?
(a) She will have Ruth call him from Toronto.
(b) She will call him before he leaves.
(c) She will stop by and tell him in person before she leaves.
(d) She will have Sylvia put a note from her in the mailbox.

2. What does Sylvia say about Carla in the first message she leaves on Ruth's answering machine?
(a) She may be a little drunk.
(b) She may be a little full of herself.
(c) She may be a little skittish.
(d) She may be a little overbearing.

3. Where do Carla's mother and father live?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Toronto.
(d) British Columbia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Carla tell Sylvia she would go if she had the money?

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

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

4. What did Carla's stepfather call Clark?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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