1) What is Mrs Jamieson's first name? a) Sophie b) Jessica c) Sylvia d) Ella e) Lara 2) Which of the following adjectives best describes the weather at the start of the story? a) Overcast b) Rainy c) Cyclonic d) Icy e) Sunny 3) Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Clark and Carla make money? a) Cleaning Mrs Jamieson's house b) Baking for the local market c) Offering horse riding lessons d) Boarding other people's horses 4) What does Joy Tucker complain to Clark about? a) He isn't taking proper care of her horse b) He has bad body odour c) He keeps Carla to himself d) He spends too much time with Flora 5) Having read the exposition, which adjective best describes Clark? (Look up the words if you are unsure what they mean!) a) sweet-tempered b) optimistic c) melancholy d) irascible e) abusive 6) Who is Flora? a) A horse b) A neighbour c) A goat d) A hamster 7) Which of the following does not occur in Carla's dreams about Flora? a) Flora walks up to Carla's bed with a red apple in her mouth b) Flora leads Carla to a barbed-wire barricade c) Flora runs away d) Flora snuggles up to Carla 8) Which of the following details suggests that Carla feels unhappy living with Clark in their mobile home? a) She pays a lot of attention to the patterns in the carpet b) She looks for reasons to go out into the barn c) She dreams of escape d) She cries a lot e) All of the above 9) What does Clark seem to spend most of his time doing? a) Playing poker b) Sitting at the computer c) Drinking beer d) Riding horses 10) What does Clark call Sylvia? a) "that meddling old sow" b) "Her Majesty, Queen Sylvia" c) "She Who Must Be Obeyed" d) "Miss Congeniality"

Runaway exposition: Have you been paying attention?

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