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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 Sylvia tell Carla she would have liked most in Greece?
(a) The coffee.
(b) The bread.
(c) The beaches.
(d) The goats.

2. Where had Sylvia slept the last three months of Leon's life?
(a) The living room sofa.
(b) A chair by his bed.
(c) The spare bedroom.
(d) In bed with him.

3. What had Carla planned to become when she was younger?
(a) A veterinarian.
(b) A maid.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A professor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Carla misspell in her letter to Clark?

3. What do Carla and Sylvia have for lunch before heading to the bus depot?

4. Where does Carla's brother live?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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