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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 song did Carla hum when she left a note for her parents after deciding to run away with Clark?
2. What is different about Carla the first day she was at Sylvia's after her return from Greece?
3. What did Carla joke with Clark about when she first started working with him just after highschool?
4. What does Carla tell Sylvia when she asks how life has been there while she was in Greece?
5. Where does Carla's brother live?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of home did Carla grow up in? What was her life like? What type of life did Carla tell her mother she wanted when she ran off with Clark?
2. What is it about her life with Clark that Carla says she cannot stand anymore?
3. How does Carla decide she will inform Clark she is leaving? What does she ask Sylvia to do to help?
4. What do Maggie and Soraya suggest when Sylvia tells them what she likes about Carla? How does Sylvia feel about this?
5. What does Sylvia like about Carla? What gift does she bring her from Greece and why?
6. What solution does Sylvia propose when Carla confesses her unhappiness with her life?
7. Why does Carla get off the bus before she reaches Toronto?
8. How did Carla and Clark meet? What did her parents think of him?
9. Describe Carla and Sylvia's lunch just before Sylvia brings her to the bus stop.
10. How does Sylvia feel when Carla begins to cry in front of her at her house after returning from Greece? How does this change her view of Carla?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look at the structure of the story. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of "Runaway." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.
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