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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 18 - 27 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was "Runaway" published?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1993.
(d) 2003.

2. What did Sylvia do with Leon's things after his death?
(a) Got rid of it all.
(b) Sold it.
(c) Donated it to a homeless shelter.
(d) Gave it to Carla.

3. What did Clark and Carla learn about Leon Jamieson after reading his obituary?
(a) He had a prior marriage and several children.
(b) He and Sylvia had never married.
(c) He had come from a very wealthy family.
(d) He won a monetary prize for his poetry.

4. Where does Carla tell Sylvia she would go if she had the money?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) British Columbia.

5. What is in the paper bag Clark hands to Sylvia when he comes to her house the evening she had brought Carla to the bus stop?
(a) The clothes she had given Carla.
(b) The bronze statue she had given Carla.
(c) Flora's remains.
(d) Carla's remains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Mrs. Jamieson go on holiday?

3. 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?

4. What is Sylvia doing when she hears a knock at her door after she had dropped Carla off at the bus stop?

5. What does Carla think she might find if she walks in the woods in the evening at the end of the story?

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