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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 do Carla and Sylvia have for lunch before heading to the bus depot?
(a) Sandwiches and beer.
(b) Soup and juice.
(c) Omelettes and wine.
(d) Muffins and milk.

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

3. What song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?
(a) A Kinks song.
(b) A Bob Dylan Song.
(c) A Rolling Stone's song.
(d) A Beatle's song.

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

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) Winsome wanderer.
(c) Sweet Drifter.
(d) Gypsy Rover.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Sylvia think she may have taken a liking to Carla?

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

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

5. What is Carla crying about at Sylvia's?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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