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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. During what month does "Runaway" take place?
(a) November.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) July.

2. Aside from trail rides and lessons, how else do Clark and Carla earn money?
(a) They work at a diner.
(b) They sell baked goods.
(c) They rent out a room of their home.
(d) They board horses in their barn.

3. Which of Carla and Clark's animals had gone missing, which was very hard for Carla to bear?
(a) Fauna.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Flora.
(d) Lizzie.

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. What complaint did Joy Tucker share with Clark and Carla?
(a) She felt Clark was difficult to do business with.
(b) She felt Carla was not pleasant enough when Joy came to see them.
(c) She felt her horse was not being well taken care of at their place.
(d) She felt they charged too much money for riding lessons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Clark searching for roofing on the internet?

3. What does Clark tell Carla to do after she bends over him and cries after coming out of the shower?

4. What did Sylvia do with Leon's things after his death?

5. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clark sometimes avoid certain businesses in the area? What is one example of a business he avoids?

2. Who is Carla sure is driving down the road at the start of the story? Where would this person be coming from?

3. What does Clark think he and Carla should do to Mrs. Jamieson after reading her husband's obituary and why?

4. Who is Flora? Why was Carla concerned for her at the start of the story?

5. What did Carla help Sylvia do after her husband died and before her trip to Greece?

6. What business do Clark and Carla run together?

7. What dream did Carla have about Flora at the start of the story?

8. Who are the Jamiesons? What do Carla and Clark learn about Mr. Jamieson after his death?

9. What did Carla do to Sylvia one day while Sylvia was looking over condolence letters she had received? How did Sylvia feel about this?

10. What does Clark tell Carla when she says that he flares up?

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