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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 is Carla crying about at Sylvia's?
(a) Lying to Sylvia.
(b) Life with her husband.
(c) What Leon had done to her.
(d) Losing Flora.

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

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

4. What did Carla's mother tell her in the letter she wrote her after Carla ran off with Clark?
(a) You don't know what you're leaving behind.
(b) I wish you the best.
(c) You'll come crawling back.
(d) Don't ever come back.

5. What word is used to describe how Sylvia feels when Carla began to cry?
(a) Angry.
(b) Appalled.
(c) Helpless.
(d) Empathetic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ruth Stiles?

3. What does Carla tell Sylvia when she asks how life has been there while she was in Greece?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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