3. What does Sylvia give to Carla before taking her to the bus stop?
(a) A bagged lunch.
(b) A canister of coffee.
(c) A change of clothes.
(d) A gold necklace to sell.

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

5. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?
(a) How bad he was with women.
(b) How nobody wanted lessons from him.
(c) How all the women were after him.
(d) How annoying their boss was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Carla give to Clark when she first met him and learned of the many jobs he had?

2. Why does Carla keep her head down when she first gets on the bus to Toronto?

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

4. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark of her departure?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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