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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. What did Sylvia Jamieson tell Clark she wanted Carla to help her with when she first returned from Greece?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Cleaning her house.
(c) Weeding her garden.
(d) Unpacking her things.

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

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

4. How does Carla describe Clark's anger to him?
(a) She says he flares up.
(b) She says he goes nuts.
(c) She says he lacks patience.
(d) She says he has a short fuse.

5. With whom does Carla live?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Clark.
(d) Leon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Leon Jamieson done with his writings before his death?

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

3. How has the weather been at the start of "Runaway"?

4. What does Clark call Mrs. Jamieson when he tells Carla she called after returning from Greece?

5. Why was Clark avoiding Hy and Robert Buckley's Building Supply?

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

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

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

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

6. What business do Clark and Carla run together?

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

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

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

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

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