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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 Sylvia think she may have taken a liking to Carla?
(a) She never had her own children.
(b) Carla reminds her of her younger self.
(c) Carla is so pretty.
(d) Carla is so helpful around the house.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word is used to describe how Sylvia feels when Carla began to cry?

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

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

5. What gift does Sylvia bring Carla from Greece?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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