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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9 - 17 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Carla do at Sylvia's once while Sylva was looking over condolence letters?
(a) She gave Sylvia a hug and told her it will be okay.
(b) She told Sylvia to burn the letters.
(c) She kissed the top of Sylvia's head.
(d) She asked Sylvia was Leon was like.

3. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?
(a) She is super talkative.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is acting silly.
(d) She is sullen.

4. Who is Joy Tucker?
(a) Carla's sister-in-law from Toronto.
(b) Hy's wife from Hy and Robert Building Supply.
(c) A local librarian who boards her horse with Clark and Carla.
(d) Carla and Clark's neighbor whom Carla helps around the house.

5. Who is the author of "Runaway"?
(a) Margaret Atwood.
(b) Alice Munro.
(c) Lydia Davis.
(d) Sheila Munro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Jamieson teach at a college?

2. What does Sylvia say about Carla in the first message she leaves on Ruth's answering machine?

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

4. What does Clark think Leon Jamieson had done while he was alive?

5. What does Sylvia ask Carla about when Carla begins to cry at her house?

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