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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carla keep her head down when she first gets on the bus to Toronto?
(a) So nobody will talk to her.
(b) So nobody will see her crying.
(c) So Clark will not see.
(d) In case someone who knows Clark is on the bus.

2. 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?
(a) Inspiring.
(b) Authentic.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Stable.

3. What does Clark tell Carla to do after she bends over him and cries after coming out of the shower?
(a) Get out of the house and go to Sylvia's.
(b) Get over herself and get to work.
(c) Get a hold of herself and make supper.
(d) Call Sylvia and make them some money.

4. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark of her departure?
(a) She will call him before he leaves.
(b) She will have Sylvia put a note from her in the mailbox.
(c) She will stop by and tell him in person before she leaves.
(d) She will have Ruth call him from Toronto.

5. Why was Clark avoiding Hy and Robert Buckley's Building Supply?
(a) He used to work there and had a bad experience.
(b) He disliked Robert.
(c) He owed them money.
(d) He had had an affair with Hy's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Runaway"?

2. What had Carla planned to become when she was younger?

3. What gift does Sylvia bring Carla from Greece?

4. Who is Joy Tucker?

5. During what month does "Runaway" take place?

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