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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. Jamieson's occupation?

2. Which of Carla and Clark's animals had gone missing, which was very hard for Carla to bear?

3. How does Carla know Mrs. Jamieson is on her way home at the start of "Runaway"?

4. What did Carla say she needed to do before calling Sylvia Jamieson back?

5. What does Clark think he and Carla should do now that Leon Jamieson is dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What business do Clark and Carla run together?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Munro's decision to tell the story using third person point-of-view from Carla's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining the ending of "Runaway." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

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